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公开(公告)号:US20250139825A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-01
申请号:US19007220
申请日:2024-12-31
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Louis Foucard
Abstract: An example method includes (a) obtaining sensor data descriptive of an environment of an autonomous vehicle; (b) obtaining a plurality of travel way markers from map data descriptive of the environment; (c) determining, using a machine-learned object detection model and based on the sensor data, an association between one or more travel way markers of the plurality of travel way markers and an object in the environment; and (d) generating, using the machine-learned object detection model, an offset with respect to the one or more travel way markers of a spatial region of the environment associated with the object.
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公开(公告)号:US12276762B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-15
申请号:US18427016
申请日:2024-01-30
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Sen Lin , Andrew Steil Michaels
IPC: G01S7/499 , G01S7/481 , G01S7/4863 , G01S17/931
Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system includes a dual-polarization optical antenna, a single-polarization optical antenna, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The dual-polarization optical antenna is configured to (i) emit a transmit beam with a first polarization orientation and (ii) and detect a return beam having a second polarization orientation. The single-polarization optical antenna is configured to detect the return beam having the second polarization orientation.
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公开(公告)号:US20250118948A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-10
申请号:US18985629
申请日:2024-12-18
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Andrew Steil Michaels , Lei Wang , Sen Lin
IPC: G01S7/481 , G01S17/32 , G01S17/931 , H01S5/40
Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) assembly comprising a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) array and a U-turn chip. The SOA array includes an input SOA and a plurality of SOAs. The input SOA and the plurality of SOAs are arranged parallel to one another. The U-turn chip includes an optical splitter and a waveguide assembly. The optical splitter is configured to receive amplified input light propagating in a first direction from the input SOA, and divide the amplified light into beams. The waveguide assembly guides the beams to a corresponding SOA of the plurality of SOAs, and adjusts a direction of prorogation of each of the guided beams to be substantially parallel to a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US12241978B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-04
申请号:US18320821
申请日:2023-05-19
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Stephen C. Crouch , Zeb William Barber , Emil Kadlec , Krishna Rupavatharam
IPC: G01S17/10 , G01S17/32 , G01S17/931 , G05D1/00
Abstract: An autonomous vehicle control system may include one or more processors configured to receive an electrical signal generated based on a returned optical signal that is reflected from an object. The one or more processors may determine a Doppler frequency shift of the returned optical signal over a first duration of the electrical signal. The one or more processors may generate a corrected electrical signal based on the Doppler frequency shift. The one or more processors may determine a range to the object based on the corrected electrical signal over a second duration that is shorter than the first duration. The one or more processors may control at least one of a steering system or a braking system based on the range.
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公开(公告)号:US12241757B1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-04
申请号:US17850340
申请日:2022-06-27
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Greg Coombe , Yekeun Jeong
Abstract: Map data describing various geometric elements in a map used in autonomous vehicle localization is selectively weighted to vary the relative contributions of different geometric elements to an alignment operation. By doing so, the alignment operation may be biased to emphasize geometric elements associated with objects in an environment that are relatively more stable, e.g., roadways, walls, buildings, etc., over objects that are relatively less stable, e.g., vegetation, thereby in many instances improving alignment operation performance and/or availability.
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公开(公告)号:USD1062494S1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US29810608
申请日:2021-10-06
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Designer: Rich Driscoll , Tristan Paine , Matthew Sellner , Albert Shane , Jon Torrey
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公开(公告)号:US12228648B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US18187827
申请日:2023-03-22
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Sen Lin , Andrew Steil Michaels
Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system include one or more LIDAR pixels including a transmit optical antenna, a receive optical antenna, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The transmit optical antenna is configured to emit a transmit beam. The receive optical antenna is configured to detect (i) a first polarization orientation of a returning beam and (ii) a second polarization orientation of the returning beam.
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公开(公告)号:US20250053493A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-13
申请号:US18932304
申请日:2024-10-30
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Charly Mario Walther , Nathan Steven Appelson , Jeffrey Allen Howell
Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle testing are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a computing system, data indicative of a test of an autonomous vehicle computing system. The method can include determining, by the computing system, one or more autonomous vehicle capabilities that are tested by the test. The method includes determining, by the computing system, a testing scenario that corresponds to the test. The testing scenario can generated at least in part using real-world data. The method includes associating, by the computing system, the data indicative of the test with data indicative of the one or more autonomous vehicle capabilities that are tested by the test and data indicative of the testing scenario. The method includes storing such associated data in in an accessible memory.
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公开(公告)号:USD1061362S1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-11
申请号:US29870302
申请日:2023-01-20
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Designer: Woonghee Han , John Paxton , Albert Shane
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公开(公告)号:US20250035791A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-30
申请号:US18910994
申请日:2024-10-09
Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Stephen C. Crouch , Edward Angus , Michelle Milvich
IPC: G01S17/931 , B60W10/18 , B60W10/20 , B60W30/09 , B60W30/095 , B60W60/00 , G01S7/481 , G01S7/493 , G01S17/32 , G01S17/58 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/894 , G02B6/26 , G02B26/10 , G02B26/12
Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes a LIDAR system that includes a waveguide array, a collimator configured to receive a plurality of beams from the waveguide array and output a plurality of collimated beams, and a scanner configured to adjust a direction of the plurality of collimated beams. The vehicle also includes one or more processors configured to determine a range to an object based on a return signal received from reflection or scattering of the plurality of collimated beams by the object and to control operation of at least one of a steering system or the braking system based on the range.
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