公开(公告)号：US12066537B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US18149008

申请日：2022-12-30

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Ashish Bhardwaj ,  Amir Hosseini

IPC: G01S17/58 ,  G01S17/931 ,  H01S5/024 ,  H01S5/343 ,  H01S5/065

CPC classification number: G01S17/58 ,  H01S5/02461 ,  H01S5/343 ,  G01S17/931 ,  H01S5/0656

Abstract: A LIDAR system comprising a laser configured to output a beam, a modulator configured to receive the beam and modulate the beam to generate a modulated beam, a photonic integrated circuit having an amplifier coupled to receive the modulated beam from the modulator and generate an amplified beam, the amplifier having an active layer and an alternating or periodic or a super lattice structure configured to dissipate heat; and a transceiver chip coupled to the photonic integrated circuit, the transceiver chip configured to emit the amplified beam and receive a reflected beam from a target.

公开(公告)号：US20240219523A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18608512

申请日：2024-03-18

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Scott Dylewski

IPC: G01S7/48 ,  G01S17/93

CPC classification number: G01S7/4802 ,  G01S17/93

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system for a vehicle includes one or more emitters configured to transmit light signals to an environment in which the vehicle is located; one or more detectors configured to receive return signals corresponding to the light signals being reflected back from an object in the environment; and one or more processors configured to: determine a reflectivity characteristic of the object based on reflectivity values associated with the object which are determined based on the return signals; and provide information relating to the reflectivity characteristic of the object to an autonomous vehicle control system.

公开(公告)号：US20240217546A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18581173

申请日：2024-02-19

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Niels Joubert ,  Benjamin Kaplan ,  Stephen O'Hara

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  B60W40/10 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G08G1/0967

CPC classification number: B60W60/001 ,  B60W40/10 ,  G01C21/3841 ,  G01C21/3896 ,  G08G1/096708 ,  B60W2420/00 ,  B60W2552/50 ,  B60W2554/20 ,  B60W2556/40 ,  B60W2756/10

Abstract: A live map system may be used to propagate observations collected by autonomous vehicles operating in an environment to other autonomous vehicles and thereby supplement a digital map used in the control of the autonomous vehicles. In addition, a live map system in some instances may be used to propagate location-based teleassist triggers to autonomous vehicles operating within an environment. A location-based teleassist trigger may be generated, for example, in association with a teleassist session conducted between an autonomous vehicle and a remote teleassist system proximate a particular location, and may be used to automatically trigger a teleassist session for another autonomous vehicle proximate that location and/or to propagate a suggested action to that other autonomous vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20240190477A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18582149

申请日：2024-02-20

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： James Andrew Bagnell ,  Sanjiban Choudhury ,  Venkatraman Narayanan ,  Arun Venkatraman

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  B60W50/00 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06V20/58

CPC classification number: B60W60/0027 ,  B60W50/00 ,  B60W60/0011 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06V20/584

Abstract: Implementations process, using machine learning (ML) layer(s) of ML model(s), actor(s) from a past episode of locomotion of a vehicle and stream(s) in an environment of the vehicle during the past episode to forecast associated trajectories, for the vehicle and for each of the actor(s), with respect to a respective associated stream of the stream(s). Further, implementations process, using a stream connection function, the associated trajectories to forecast a plurality of associated trajectories, for the vehicle and each of the actor(s), with respect to each of the stream(s). Moreover, implementations iterate between using the ML layer(s) and the stream connection function to update the associated trajectories for the vehicle and each of the actor(s). Implementations subsequently use the ML layer(s) in controlling an AV.

公开(公告)号：US12007781B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-11

申请号：US18195341

申请日：2023-05-09

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Nathaniel Gist, IV ,  Christopher Williams

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06F13/42 ,  B60R11/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0231 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G05D1/027 ,  G05D1/0276 ,  G05D1/0278 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  B60R2011/004 ,  B60R2011/0068 ,  B60R2011/007 ,  G06F2213/0002

Abstract: A vehicle agnostic removable pod can be mounted on a vehicle using one or more legs of a pod mount. The removable pod can collect and time stamp a variety of environmental data as well as vehicle data. For example, environmental data can be collected using a sensor suite which can include an IMU, 3D positioning sensor, one or more cameras, and/or a LIDAR unit. As another example, vehicle data can be collected via a CAN bus attached to the vehicle. Environmental data and/or vehicle data can be time stamped and transmitted to a remote server for further processing by a computing device.

公开(公告)号：US20240151819A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18481678

申请日：2023-10-05

Applicant: Aurora Operations , Inc.

Inventor： Edward Joseph Angus ,  Ryan Moore Galloway

IPC: G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931

CPC classification number: G01S7/4811 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: A LIDAR system includes a first polygon scanner, a second polygon scanner, and an optic. The first polygon scanner includes a plurality of first facets around an axis of rotation. The second polygon scanner includes plurality of second facets that are outward from the plurality of first facets relative to the axis of rotation. The optic is inward from the first polygon scanner relative to the axis of rotation. The optic is configured to output a first beam to the first polygon scanner. The first polygon scanner is configured to refract the first beam to output a second beam to the second polygon scanner. The second polygon scanner is configured to refract the second beam to output a third beam.

公开(公告)号：US11927702B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US18099170

申请日：2023-01-19

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Sen Lin ,  Andrew Steil Michaels

IPC: G01S7/499 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S17/931

CPC classification number: G01S7/499 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle includes one or more LIDAR pixels. At least one of the one or more LIDAR pixels includes a dual-polarization optical antenna, a second optical antenna, and one or more receivers. The dual-polarization optical antenna is configured to emit a transmit beam having a first polarization orientation, and detect a return beam having a second polarization orientation. The second optical antenna is offset from the dual-polarization optical antenna by a particular distance, and is configured to detect the return beam having the second polarization orientation. The one or more receivers are configured to generate one or more signals in response to detecting the second polarization orientation of the return beam.

公开(公告)号：US11921219B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US18160836

申请日：2023-01-27

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc

Inventor： Zeb Barber ,  Stephen Crouch ,  Emil Kadlec

IPC: G01S17/931 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4912 ,  G01S17/34 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G01S17/931 ,  G01S7/4814 ,  G01S7/4912 ,  G01S17/34 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0223 ,  G05D2201/0213

Abstract: A system and method for combining multiple functions of a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes receiving a second optical beam generated by the laser source or a second laser source, wherein the second optical beam is associated with a second local oscillator (LO); splitting the second optical beam into a third split optical beam and a fourth split optical beam; transmitting, to the optical device, the third split optical beam and the fourth split optical beam; receiving, from the optical device, a third reflected beam that is associated with the third split optical beam and a fourth reflected beam that is associated with the fourth split optical beam; and pairing the third reflected beam with the second LO signal and the fourth reflected beam with the second LO signal.

公开(公告)号：US20240071060A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US17893838

申请日：2022-08-23

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey William Barker ,  Brendan Meeder

IPC: G06V10/778 ,  G06V10/46 ,  G06V10/774

CPC classification number: G06V10/7788 ,  G06V10/46 ,  G06V10/774

Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure relate to an example computer-implemented method for data annotation for training machine perception models. The example method can include (a) receiving source sensor data descriptive of an object, the source sensor data having a source reference frame of at least three dimensions, wherein the source sensor data includes annotated data associated with the object; (b) receiving target sensor data descriptive of the object, the target sensor data having a target reference frame of at least two dimensions; (c) providing an input to a machine-learned boundary recognition model, wherein the input includes the target sensor data and a projection of the source sensor data into the target reference frame; and (d) determining, using the machine-learned boundary recognition model, a bounded portion of the target sensor data, wherein the bounded portion indicates a subset of the target sensor data descriptive of the object.

公开(公告)号：US11847869B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-19

申请号：US18172912

申请日：2023-02-22

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Ivona Andrzejewski ,  Steven Capell ,  Ryusuke Villemin ,  Carl Magnus Wrenninge

IPC: G06T15/06 ,  G07C5/00

CPC classification number: G07C5/008 ,  G06T15/06 ,  G06T2210/21 ,  G06T2210/61

Abstract: A concurrent simulation of multiple sensor modalities includes identifying the multiple sensor modalities in association with a simulation scenario, determining a timeline interleaving a publishing or operating frequency of each of the multiple sensor modalities relative to each other, determining a current time interval of a sliding window in the timeline, determining a simulation segment of the simulation scenario using the current time interval of the sliding window, rendering a scene based on the simulation segment, executing a simulation to concurrently simulate the multiple sensor modalities using ray tracing in the rendered scene, and generating simulated sensor data of the multiple sensor modalities based on executing the simulation.