CONTROL AND PLANNING WITH LOCALIZATION UNCERTAINTY

    公开(公告)号:US20230065284A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17446652

    申请日:2021-09-01

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    摘要: Systems, methods, and media for factoring localization uncertainty of an ADV into its planning and control process to increase the safety of the ADV. The uncertainty of the localization can be caused by sensor inaccuracy, map matching algorithm inaccuracy, and/or speed uncertainty. The localization uncertainty can have negative impact on trajectory planning and vehicle control. Embodiments described herein are intended to increase the safety of the ADV by considering localization uncertainty in trajectory planning and vehicle control. An exemplary method includes determining a confidence region for an ADV that is automatically driving on a road segment based on localization uncertainty and speed uncertainty; determining that an object is within the confidence region, and a probability of collision with the ADV based on a distance of the object to the ADV; and planning a trajectory based on the probability of collision, and controlling the ADV based on the probability of collision.

    AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ACTUATION DYNAMICS AND LATENCY IDENTIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210253118A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US16790036

    申请日:2020-02-13

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    IPC分类号: B60W50/08 B60W50/035

    摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying time-latency and subsystem control actuation dynamic delay due to second order dynamics that are neglected in control systems of the prior art. Embodiments identify time-latency and subsystem control actuation delays by developing a discrete-time dynamic model having parameters and estimating the parameters using a least-squares method over selected crowd-driving data. After estimating the model parameters, the model can be used to identify dynamic actuation delay metrics such as time-latency, rise time, settling time, overshoot, bandwidth, and resonant peak of the control subsystem. Control subsystems can include steering, braking, and throttling.

    DATA COLLECTION AUTOMATION SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200342693A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-29

    申请号:US16397633

    申请日:2019-04-29

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    IPC分类号: G07C5/08 G06N20/00 G05D1/00

    摘要: An autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) receives instructions for a human test driver to drive the ADV in manual mode and to collect a specified amount of driving data for one or more specified driving categories. As the user drivers the ADV in manual mode, driving data corresponding to the one or more driving categories is logged. A user interface of the ADV displays the one or more driving categories that the human driver is instructed collect data upon, and a progress indicator for each of these categories as the human driving progresses. The driving data is uploaded to a server for machine learning. If the server machine learning achieves a threshold grading amount of the uploaded data to variables of a dynamic self-driving model, then the server generates an ADV self-driving model, and distributes the model to one or more ADVs that are navigated in the self-driving mode.

    OPEN SPACE PLANNER PROFILING TOOL FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230046149A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17398359

    申请日:2021-08-10

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 B60W50/04

    摘要: According to various embodiments, systems, methods, and media for evaluating an open space planner in an autonomous vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes receiving, at a profiling application, a record file recorded by the ADV while driving in an open space using the open space planner, and a configuration file specifying parameters of the ADV; extracting planning messages and prediction messages from the record file, each extracted message being associated with the open space planner. The method further includes generating features from the planning message and the prediction messages in view of the specified parameters of the ADV; and calculating statistical metrics from the features. The statistical metrics are then provided to an automatic tuning framework for tuning the open space planner.

    AUTOMATIC PARAMETER TUNING FRAMEWORK FOR CONTROLLERS USED IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20220097728A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17039685

    申请日:2020-09-30

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for optimizing values of a set of tunable parameters of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The controllers can be a linear quadratic regular, a “bicycle model,” a model-reference adaptive controller (MRAC) that reduces actuation latency in control subsystems such as steering, braking, and throttle, or other controller (“controllers”). An optimizer selects a set tunable parameters for the controllers. A task distribution system pairs each set of parameters with each of a plurality of simulated driving scenarios, and dispatches a task to the simulator to perform the simulation with the set of parameters. Each simulation is scored. A weighted score is generated from the simulation. The optimizer uses the weighted score as a target objective for a next iteration of the optimizer, for a fixed number of iterations. A physical real-world ADV is navigated using the optimized set of parameters for the controllers in the ADV.

    AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE THREE-POINT TURN

    公开(公告)号:US20210197865A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US16727799

    申请日:2019-12-26

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    摘要: In one embodiment, an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) operates in an on-lane mode, where the ADV follows a path along a vehicle lane. In response to determining that the ADV is approaching a dead-end, the ADV switches to an open-space mode. While in the open-space mode, the ADV conducts a three-point turn using a series of steering and throttle commands to generate forward and reverse movements until the ADV is within a) a threshold heading, and b) a threshold distance, relative to the vehicle lane. The ADV can then return to the on-lane mode and resume along the vehicle lane away from the dead-end.

    LOW-SPEED, BACKWARD DRIVING VEHICLE CONTROLLER DESIGN

    公开(公告)号:US20210139038A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US16682445

    申请日:2019-11-13

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    IPC分类号: B60W50/00 G05D1/00 B60W30/18

    摘要: In one embodiment, a method of generating control effort to control an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes determining a gear position (forward or reverse) in which the ADV is driving and selecting a driving model and a predictive model based upon the gear position. In a forward gear, the driving model is a dynamic model, such as a “bicycle model,” and the predictive model is a look-ahead model. In a reverse gear, the driving model is a hybrid dynamic and kinematic model and the predictive model is a look-back model. A current and predicted lateral error and heading error are determined using the driving model and predictive model, respectively A linear quadratic regulator (LQR) uses the current and predicted lateral error and heading errors, to determine a first control effort, and an augmented control logic determines a second, additional, control effort, to determine a final control effort that is output to a control module of the ADV to drive the ADV.

    E2E LEARNING-BASED EVALUATOR FOR AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230067822A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17446644

    申请日:2021-09-01

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    摘要: In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes receiving, at a simulation platform, a record file recorded by a manually-driving ADV on a road segment, the simulation platform including a first encoder, a second encoder, and a performance evaluator; simulating automatic driving operations of a dynamic model of the ADV on the road segment based on the record file, the dynamic model including an autonomous driving module to be evaluated. The method further includes: for each trajectory generated by the autonomous driving module during the simulation: extracting a corresponding trajectory associated with the manually-driving ADV from the record file, encoding the trajectory into a first semantic map and the corresponding trajectory into a second semantic map, and generating a similarity score based on the first semantic map and the second semantic map. The method also includes generating an overall performance score based on each similarity score.