公开(公告)号：US20240106987A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17933767

申请日：2022-09-20

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Andre Manfred Strobel ,  Mark Stephen Calleija ,  Aman Ved Kalia

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  G01S13/931 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/247

CPC classification number: H04N7/181 ,  G01S13/931 ,  H04N5/2252 ,  H04N5/247 ,  G01S13/862 ,  G01S2013/93273 ,  G01S2013/93274

Abstract: A sensor assembly contains at least first and second sensors configured to perform imaging from a portion of a vehicle, each sensor having a respective field of view (FOV) based on an imaging direction of the sensor, each sensor having an FOV origin. The sensor assembly is configured to be disposed at the portion of the vehicle such that (i) the first and second sensors' FOV origins are each outboard from the vehicle, (ii) the first and second sensors' imaging directions are each within 90 degrees in yaw of being parallel to the backward direction of the vehicle, (iii) the first sensor's imaging direction is closer in yaw than the second sensor's imaging direction to being parallel to the backward direction of the vehicle, and (iv) the first sensor's FOV origin is more outboard from the vehicle than the second sensor's FOV origin.