Invention Application
- Patent Title: Control of Autonomous Vehicle Based on Environmental Object Classification Determined Using Phase Coherent LIDAR Data
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Application No.: US18092118Application Date: 2022-12-30
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Publication No.: US20230133611A1Publication Date: 2023-05-04
- Inventor: Warren Smith , Ethan Eade , Sterling J. Anderson , James Andrew Bagnell , Bartholomeus C. Nabbe , Christopher Paul Urmson
- Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Main IPC: G01S17/931
- IPC: G01S17/931 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G06T7/70 ; G06V20/58

Abstract:
Determining classification(s) for object(s) in an environment of autonomous vehicle, and controlling the vehicle based on the determined classification(s). For example, autonomous steering, acceleration, and/or deceleration of the vehicle can be controlled based on determined pose(s) and/or classification(s) for objects in the environment. The control can be based on the pose(s) and/or classification(s) directly, and/or based on movement parameter(s), for the object(s), determined based on the pose(s) and/or classification(s). In many implementations, pose(s) and/or classification(s) of environmental object(s) are determined based on data from a phase coherent Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) component of the vehicle, such as a phase coherent LIDAR monopulse component and/or a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) LIDAR component.
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