REDUNDANT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20210394770A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:US16910012

    申请日:2020-06-23

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: A redundant hardware and software architecture can be designed to enable vehicles to be operated in an autonomous mode while improving the reliability and/or safety of such vehicles. A system for redundant architecture can include a set of at least two redundant sensors coupled to a vehicle and configured to provide timestamped sensor data to each of a plurality of computing unit (CU) computers. The CU computers can process the sensor data simultaneously based on at least a time value indicative of an absolute time or a relative time and based on the timestamped sensor data. The CU computers provide to a vehicle control unit (VCU) computer at least two sets of outputs configured to instruct a plurality of devices in a vehicle and cause the vehicle to be driven.

    Monitoring system for autonomous vehicle operation

    公开(公告)号:US12122398B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17722110

    申请日:2022-04-15

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: An apparatus is provided to comprise: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: receive, from an electronic control unit of a vehicle, a test result comprising a result of a self test performed by the electronic control unit; analyze the received test result to determine a vehicle status, the vehicle status comprising a status indicator and status information to be included in a report; periodically transmit, to a remote system according to a first time period, a report including the vehicle status, a duration of the first time period being dependent on the vehicle status; receive, from the remote system, a control command; and in response to the control command being received, implement the control command.

    Real-time remote control of vehicles with high redundancy

    公开(公告)号:US11312334B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US16243821

    申请日:2019-01-09

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: Described are devices, systems and methods for real-time remote control of vehicles with high redundancy. In some embodiments, two copies of at least one control command are received using two different wireless communication protocols, and are compared. The at least one control command is executed when the two copies are in agreement, but is rejected when the two copies differ. In other embodiments, additional wireless communication protocols may exist to provide a redundant mode of communication when one of the two different wireless communication protocols are unavailable. In yet other embodiments, redundant GPS units may be used to determine availability of any of the communication protocols, and relevant control commands may be downloaded in advance to circumvent the lack of coverage.

    Monitoring system for autonomous vehicle operation

    公开(公告)号:US11305782B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-19

    申请号:US16245621

    申请日:2019-01-11

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for a monitoring system for autonomous vehicle operation. In some embodiments, a vehicle may perform self-tests, generate a report based on the results, and transmit it to a remote monitor center over one or both of a high-speed channel for regular data transfers or a reliable channel for emergency situations. In other embodiments, the remote monitor center may determine that immediate intervention is required, and may transmit a control command with high priority, which when received by the vehicle, is implemented and overrides any local commands being processed. In yet other embodiments, the control command with high priority is selected from a small group of predetermined control commands the remote monitor center may issue.

    Storage architecture for heterogeneous multimedia data

    公开(公告)号:US10666730B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US15796780

    申请日:2017-10-28

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: Various embodiments for implementing a system and method for managing and querying semi-structured, heterogeneously-typed sensor data in a distributed environment are disclosed. Example embodiments include: enabling data communications between a plurality of compute nodes and a plurality of physical data storage devices via an application programming interface (API) layer, a cache management layer, a server layer, and a storage layer; and receiving a data request from at least one of the plurality of compute nodes at the API layer, the data request including an identification of a topic of a dataset, the topic including a metadata file, a data file, and an index file, the index file including at least one pointer into the data file.

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