Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Closed lane detection
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Application No.: US17408816Application Date: 2021-08-23
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Publication No.: US11694447B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Derek Xiang Ma , Zejia Zheng
- Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06V20/56
- IPC: G06V20/56 ; G06V20/58

Abstract:
Techniques are described for detecting whether a lane of a roadway is open or closed. Detecting a lane as being closed may include detecting an object in or near the lane, which may comprise determining a size, location, and/or classification associated with the object, and dilating the size associated with the object. The lane may be indicated as being closed if a distance between a dilated object detection and another object detection, dilated object detection, or lane extent is less than a threshold distance. The techniques may additionally or alternatively comprise determining an alternative lane shape based at least in part on one or more object detections and/or determining that one or more lanes are closed and/or uploading a lane closure and/or alternative lane shape to a central database for retrieval by/dissemination to other computing devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210383138A1 CLOSED LANE DETECTION Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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