Method for accessing supplemental sensor data from other vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US11620906B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16234277

    申请日:2018-12-27

    发明人: Chih Hu

    摘要: One variation of a method for accessing supplemental data from other vehicles includes, at an autonomous vehicle: recording a scan image of a scene around the autonomous vehicle at a first time; detecting insufficient perception data in a region of the scan image; in response to detecting insufficient perception data in the region, defining a ground area of interest containing the region and wirelessly broadcasting a query for perception data representing objects within the ground area of interest; in response to receiving supplemental perception data—representing objects within the ground area of interest detected by the second vehicle at approximately the first time—from a second vehicle proximal the scene, incorporating the supplemental perception data into the scan image to form a composite scan image; selecting a navigational action based on objects in the scene represented by the composite scan image; and autonomously executing the navigational action.

    Systems and methods for interfacing with an occupant

    公开(公告)号:US11352021B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US17019841

    申请日:2020-09-14

    摘要: Systems and methods communicate an intent of an autonomous vehicle externally. In one implementation, scan data of a field around a travel path of an autonomous vehicle is obtained. The scan data is captured using at least one sensor. An object in the field around the travel path is determined from the scan data. The object is determined to be mutable or immutable. A navigation condition associated with the object is determined based on whether the object is mutable or immutable. The navigation condition is correlated to a portion of the travel path. Control operation(s) of the autonomous vehicle is determined for the portion of the travel path in response to the navigation condition. A representation link between the control operation(s) of the autonomous vehicle and the object is generated. A representation of the field around the travel path is rendered and includes the representation link.

    Method for influencing entities at a roadway intersection

    公开(公告)号:US10889295B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US16228617

    申请日:2018-12-20

    摘要: One variation of a method for influencing entities proximal a road surface includes, at an autonomous vehicle: over a first period of time, detecting a pedestrian proximal a road surface; predicting an initial path of the pedestrian an initial confidence score for the initial path of the pedestrian based on and motion of the pedestrian during the first period of time; in response to the initial confidence score falling below a threshold confidence, replaying an audio track audible to the pedestrian and calculating a revised path of the pedestrian and a revised confidence score for the revised path based on motion of the pedestrian following replay of the audio track; and autonomously navigating across the road surface according to a planned route in response to the revised path of the pedestrian falling outside of the planned route and the revised confidence score exceeding the threshold confidence.

    Method for updating a localization map for a fleet of autonomous vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US11592833B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-28

    申请号:US16400893

    申请日:2019-05-01

    摘要: One variation of a method for updating a localization map for a fleet of autonomous vehicles includes: selecting a set of roads including a first subset of road segments associated with existing incomplete scan data and a second subset of road segments associated with a monitoring request from an external entity; during a passenger period at the autonomous vehicle, autonomously transporting passengers according to a series of ride requests; during a mapping period succeeding the passenger period at the autonomous vehicle, autonomously navigating along the set of road segments, recording a first series of scan data representing surfaces proximal the first subset of road segments, and recording a second series of scan data representing surfaces proximal the second subset of road segments; updating the localization map based on the first series of scan data; and serving the second series of scan data to the external entity.

    Methods for executing autonomous rideshare requests

    公开(公告)号:US11493348B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16017973

    申请日:2018-06-25

    摘要: One variation of a method for executing autonomous rideshare requests includes: following arrival of an autonomous vehicle proximal a pickup location specified in a rideshare request submitted by a user, setting a user arrival timer for a first duration and a depart timer for a second duration exceeding the first duration; serving a state of the user arrival timer to a mobile computing device affiliated with the user; rendering a state of the depart timer on an external display arranged on the autonomous vehicle; in response to failure of the user to arrive at the autonomous vehicle prior to expiration of the user arrival timer, departing from the pickup location without the user; and, in response to the user arriving at the autonomous vehicle prior to expiration of the user arrival timer, departing from the pickup location with the user prior to expiration of the delay timer.

    Method for autonomous navigation
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11163309B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16206453

    申请日:2018-11-30

    摘要: One variation of a method for autonomous navigation includes, at an autonomous vehicle: recording a first image via a first sensor and a second image via a second sensor during a scan cycle; calculating a first field of view of the first sensor and a second field of view of the second sensor during the scan cycle based on surfaces represented in the first and second images; characterizing a spatial redundancy between the first sensor and the second sensor based on an overlap of the first and second fields of view; in response to the spatial redundancy remaining below a threshold redundancy, disabling execution of a first navigational action—action informed by presence of external objects within a first region of a scene around the autonomous vehicle spanning the overlap—by the autonomous vehicle; and autonomously executing navigational actions, excluding the first navigational action, following the scan cycle.