SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230119659A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17965893

    申请日:2022-10-14

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes features that allows the AV to comply with applicable regulations and statutes for performing safe driving operation. An example method includes detecting that a group of motorcycles is operating on a roadway on which the AV is located. The group of motorcycles are each located within a pre-determined distance away from one another. The method further includes determining an aggregate footprint area that surrounds respective locations of the group of motorcycles. The method further includes causing navigation of the autonomous vehicle that avoids penetration of the aggregate footprint area based on transmitting navigation instructions to one or more subsystems of the autonomous vehicle.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230020966A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17812644

    申请日:2022-07-14

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes features that allows the AV to comply with applicable regulations and statues for performing safe driving operation. Example embodiments disclosed herein provide enhanced high-precision operation of an AV in low-speed environments, such as a toll booth facility or heavy traffic. One example method disclosed herein includes a control computer identifying a starting point of the toll booth facility on the roadway and a plurality of toll lanes associated with the toll booth facility; selecting a particular toll lane; determining a trajectory for the AV that extends through the particular toll lane; and in response to the autonomous vehicle arriving at the starting point for the toll booth facility, transmitting, over a subsystem interface to one or more drive subsystems of the AV, instructions configured to cause the drive subsystems to operate together to cause the AV to travel according to the trajectory.

    FAULT INJECTION TOOL FOR SAFETY DRIVER TRAINING

    公开(公告)号:US20250025081A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18773299

    申请日:2024-07-15

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and apparatus are provided for training a safety driver associated with an autonomous vehicle (AV) operating in an autonomous driving mode. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a selection of one or more vehicle operation faults that are configured to impact operation of one or more vehicle systems of the AV. The computer-implemented method also includes injecting the one or more vehicle operation faults into one or more vehicle systems of the AV and detecting one or more driver responses executed by the safety driver in response to the one or more vehicle operation faults. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a reaction time associated with the one or more driver responses. The reaction time is a measure of time it takes the safety driver to respond to the one or more vehicle operation faults.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230123912A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17965894

    申请日:2022-10-14

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: An example method includes detecting, via sensor data collected from sensors located on the AV, an upcoming object located on a roadway. The method further includes determining, from the sensor data, a relative distance and a relative direction of the upcoming object with respect to the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes mapping the upcoming object to an absolute location with respect to the roadway based on map data that describes upcoming topology of the roadway and a location of the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes associating the upcoming object with a lane of the roadway based on the absolute location mapped to the upcoming object and based on lane geometry data for the roadway. The method further includes operating the autonomous vehicle based on a relationship between the lane associated with the upcoming object and a current lane in which the autonomous vehicle is located.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230124314A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17965896

    申请日:2022-10-14

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes features that allows the AV to comply with applicable regulations and statutes for performing safe driving operation. Example embodiments relate to an autonomous vehicle having a trailer coupled to a rear thereof. An example method includes continuously predicting a trailer trajectory that is distinct from a planned trajectory of the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes determining that the predicted trailer trajectory is within a minimum avoidance distance away from a stationary vehicle located on a roadway on which the autonomous vehicle is located. The method further includes modifying the planned trajectory of the autonomous vehicle such that the predicted trailer trajectory satisfies the minimum avoidance distance. The method further includes causing the autonomous vehicle to navigate along the modified trajectory based on transmitting instructions to one or more subsystems of the autonomous vehicle.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230123611A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17965889

    申请日:2022-10-14

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes features that allows the AV to perform safe driving operations. An example method includes detecting that a motorcycle is operating on a roadway on which the autonomous vehicle is located. The method further includes classifying a behavior state of the motorcycle based on a location of the motorcycle relative to a split zone that extends between and into two adjacent lanes of the roadway. The behavior state indicates whether the motorcycle is lane splitting. The method further includes determining, based on the behavior state of the motorcycle, a lane permission parameter that controls whether a given trajectory for the autonomous vehicle can extend into one of the two adjacent lanes. The method further includes causing the autonomous vehicle to operate in accordance with a trajectory that satisfies the lane permission parameter based on transmitting instructions related to the trajectory to subsystems of the autonomous vehicle.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220348227A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17661273

    申请日:2022-04-28

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes features that allows the AV to comply with applicable regulations and statues for performing safe driving operation. An example system for an AV includes obtaining, by a computer located in the AV, an image from a camera located on the AV, where the image characterizes an area towards which the AV is driven on a lane on a road or a highway; determining, from the image, that a pedestrian or a cyclist is located next to the lane on the road or the highway; and in response to the determining, performing driving operations on the AV such as steering from a center of the lane to a first side of the lane that is away from the center of the lane and away from a location of the pedestrian or the cyclist, and/or slowing down the AV in response to certain conditions.

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