Annotation and mapping for vehicle operation in low-confidence object detection conditions

    公开(公告)号:US11681780B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-20

    申请号:US17039270

    申请日:2020-09-30

    IPC分类号: G06F18/25

    CPC分类号: G06F18/256

    摘要: A vehicle receives sensor data from at least one of its sensors as it approaches an intersection and determines whether a traffic flow control device for the intersection is detected. When detected, a detected type, a detected state, or both of the traffic flow control device is determined. Using a type of the intersection, at least one of an existing type or an existing state of the traffic flow control device is determined, where the traffic flow control device is undetected or the detected type, the detected state, or both are determined with a detection confidence less than a defined level of detection confidence. The traffic flow control device is tagged with a label including its location and existing type, the existing state, or both within at least one control system for the vehicle. The vehicle is operated within vehicle transportation network using a control system that incorporates the label.

    Annotation and Mapping for Vehicle Operation in Low-Confidence Object Detection Conditions

    公开(公告)号:US20220101723A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17039270

    申请日:2020-09-30

    IPC分类号: G08G1/01 G05D1/02 B60W60/00

    摘要: A vehicle receives sensor data from at least one of its sensors as it approaches an intersection and determines whether a traffic flow control device for the intersection is detected. When detected, a detected type, a detected state, or both of the traffic flow control device is determined. Using a type of the intersection, at least one of an existing type or an existing state of the traffic flow control device is determined, where the traffic flow control device is undetected or the detected type, the detected state, or both are determined with a detection confidence less than a defined level of detection confidence. The traffic flow control device is tagged with a label including its location and existing type, the existing state, or both within at least one control system for the vehicle. The vehicle is operated within vehicle transportation network using a control system that incorporates the label.

    Road User Categorization Through Monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US20220379923A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17331176

    申请日:2021-05-26

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 G08G1/01 G05D1/02

    摘要: Categorizing driving behaviors of other road users includes maintaining a first history of first lateral-offset values of a road user with respect to a center line of a lane of a road; determining a first pattern based on the first history of the first lateral-offset values; determining a driving behavior of the road user based on the first pattern; and autonomously performing, by a host vehicle, a driving maneuver based on the driving behavior of the road user. The first history can be maintained for a predetermined period of time. An apparatus includes a processor that is configured to track a trajectory history of a road user; determine, based on the trajectory history, a driving behavior of the road user; and transmit a notification of the driving behavior.

    Safety-Assured Remote Driving for Autonomous Vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US20210148726A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16683685

    申请日:2019-11-14

    IPC分类号: G01C21/36 G05D1/00

    摘要: An apparatus for traveling through a transportation network performs a method including generating a display that includes a geographical area about a starting location for route assistance through the transportation network and a virtual vehicle at the starting location, and forming a virtual path for the route assistance using the virtual vehicle. The virtual path includes a first portion obtained from advancing the virtual vehicle from the starting location while an autonomous vehicle (AV) is at the starting location and a second portion obtained from, after the virtual vehicle departs from the starting location, extrapolating from the virtual vehicle through the geographical area to a stopping location or an ending location of the route assistance. Points along the virtual path are continually transmitted to a trajectory planner of the AV while the virtual vehicle advances through the geographical area, and the trajectory planner generates a route for the AV conforming to the virtual path.

    Safety-assured remote driving for autonomous vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US11274936B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16683685

    申请日:2019-11-14

    IPC分类号: G01C21/36 G05D1/00

    摘要: An apparatus for traveling through a transportation network performs a method including generating a display that includes a geographical area about a starting location for route assistance through the transportation network and a virtual vehicle at the starting location, and forming a virtual path for the route assistance using the virtual vehicle. The virtual path includes a first portion obtained from advancing the virtual vehicle from the starting location while an autonomous vehicle (AV) is at the starting location and a second portion obtained from, after the virtual vehicle departs from the starting location, extrapolating from the virtual vehicle through the geographical area to a stopping location or an ending location of the route assistance. Points along the virtual path are continually transmitted to a trajectory planner of the AV while the virtual vehicle advances through the geographical area, and the trajectory planner generates a route for the AV conforming to the virtual path.

    Navigation Map Learning for Intelligent Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Planning

    公开(公告)号:US20220196418A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17130490

    申请日:2020-12-22

    摘要: Activating an engine of a HEV to charge a battery includes obtaining a first GPS trace from a first trip of the HEV along a first route, where the first GPS trace includes first trace metadata; obtaining a second GPS trace from a second trip, where the second GPS trace includes second trace metadata; adding, to a navigation map, an aggregation of the first trace metadata and the second trace metadata for edges of the navigation map; using the navigation map to obtain an activation action of the engine, where the activation action is selected from a set that includes a first activation action of turning the engine on and a second activation action of turning the engine off; and activating the engine according to the activation action, where activating the engine using the first activation action causes the engine to turn on to charge the battery of the HEV.

    Localization Determination for Vehicle Operation

    公开(公告)号:US20200249038A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16758538

    申请日:2017-10-24

    摘要: Traversing a vehicle transportation network, by a vehicle, may include determining vehicle operational information, determining a metric location estimate for the vehicle using the vehicle operational information, determining operational environment information of a portion of the vehicle transportation network, determining a topological location estimate for the vehicle within the vehicle transportation network using the metric location estimate and the operational environment information, and traversing the vehicle transportation network based on the topological location estimate for the vehicle. The operational environment information can include sensor data of a portion of the vehicle transportation network that is observable to the vehicle. The sensor data can comprise remote vehicle location data. To determine the metric location estimate, a non-linear loss function with a Kalman filter may mitigate effects of un-modeled sensor error(s). Techniques using Hidden Markov Models and the Earth Mover's Distance to determine the topological location estimate are also described.