Vehicle sensor fusion
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11592559B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-28

    申请号:US16798702

    申请日:2020-02-24

    摘要: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to obtain velocity lidar point cloud data acquired with a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) lidar sensor, wherein the velocity lidar point cloud data includes a speed with which a data point is moving with respect to the FMCW lidar sensor, filter the velocity lidar point cloud data to select static velocity data points, wherein the static velocity data points are velocity data points each correspond to a point on a roadway around a vehicle. The instructions can include further instructions to determine FMCW lidar sensor accelerations in six degrees of freedom based on the static velocity lidar data points and determine FMCW lidar sensor rotations and translations in six degrees of freedom based on the FMCW lidar sensor accelerations in six degrees of freedom. The instructions can include further instructions to determine vehicle rotations and translations in six degrees of freedom based on inertial measurement unit (IMU) data, determine FMCW lidar sensor mis-alignment based on comparing the FMCW lidar sensor rotations and translations with the vehicle rotations and translations and align the FMCW lidar sensor based on the FMCW lidar sensor mis-alignment. The instructions can include further instructions to operate a vehicle based on the aligned FMCW lidar sensor.

    Fluid level detection
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11555728B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US16679966

    申请日:2019-11-11

    摘要: A system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a first temperature of a fluid stored by a fluid storage device and then actuate a fluid heating device to add heat energy to the fluid. The instructions include instructions to determine an amount of the heat energy added to the fluid. The instructions include instructions to determine a second temperature of the fluid stored by the fluid storage device after adding the heat energy to the fluid. The instructions include instructions to determine a quantity of the fluid stored by the fluid storage device based on the amount of the heat energy added to the fluid by the fluid heating device and a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature.

    VEHICLE SENSOR OPERATION
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220060641A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US16995943

    申请日:2020-08-18

    摘要: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to input strain data measuring mechanical strain on a vehicle camera and operation data of a vehicle component, the operation data describing at least one of an output or a state of the vehicle component, to a machine learning program that outputs a displacement of the vehicle camera from a neutral position based on the strain data and the operation data. The instructions further include instructions to identify a transformation matrix that transforms data from the vehicle camera to a coordinate system of the vehicle camera in the neutral position based on the output displacement of the vehicle camera, to apply the transformation matrix to data collected by the vehicle camera to generate transformed data, and to actuate one of the vehicle component or a second vehicle component based on the transformed data.

    VEHICLE SENSOR-CLEANING SYSTEM
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200249329A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16268621

    申请日:2019-02-06

    IPC分类号: G01S7/497 G01S17/93

    摘要: A system includes a sensor including a window; at least three lamps positioned to illuminate the window and able to generate different ranges of wavelengths than one another; a cleaning component positioned to clean the window; and a computer communicatively coupled to the sensor, the lamps, and the cleaning component. The computer is programmed to activate the lamps and actuate the cleaning component based on data generated by the sensor during the activations of the lamps.

    LOW-LIGHT SENSOR CLEANING
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200215972A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-09

    申请号:US16239780

    申请日:2019-01-04

    IPC分类号: B60R1/00 G06K9/00 H04N5/232

    摘要: A system includes a camera having a field of view, a cleaning apparatus positioned to clean the camera, and a computer communicatively coupled to the camera and the cleaning apparatus. The computer is programmed to detect an obstruction on the camera based on sensing a trajectory of an external light source relative to the field of view in data from the camera, and upon detecting the obstruction, activate the cleaning apparatus.