公开(公告)号：US11214271B1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US17198127

申请日：2021-03-10

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Anuranga Sajith Gunaratne

IPC: B60W50/023 ,  B60W60/00 ,  B60R16/023 ,  B60W50/02 ,  B60W10/18 ,  B60W10/20

Abstract: A control system interface for a vehicle includes a primary processing unit and a secondary processing unit. The primary processing unit is configured to receive and process a trajectory generated by a trajectory computing unit for autonomous control of the vehicle. The secondary processing unit is configured to receive the trajectory concurrently with the primary processing unit, and to process the trajectory. Autonomous control of the vehicle is passed from the primary processing unit to the secondary processing unit in response to a fault condition with the primary processing unit.

公开(公告)号：US12298404B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18520416

申请日：2023-11-27

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Peter Hansen ,  Hatem Alismail

IPC: G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/894 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06T7/73

Abstract: A system for determining a pose of a vehicle and building maps from vehicle priors processes received ground intensity LIDAR data including intensity data for points believed to be on the ground and height information to form ground intensity LIDAR (GIL) images including pixels in 2D coordinates where each pixel contains an intensity value, a height value, and x- and y-gradients of intensity and height. The GIL images are formed by filtering aggregated ground intensity LIDAR data falling into a same spatial bin on the ground and using a registration algorithm to align two GIL images relative to one another by estimating a 6-degree-of-freedom pose with associated uncertainty that minimizes error between the two GIL images. The aligned GIL images are provided as a pose estimate to a localizer. The system may provide online localization and pose estimation, prior building, and prior to prior alignment pose estimation using image-based techniques.

公开(公告)号：US12296856B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18046839

申请日：2022-10-14

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Nemanja Djuric ,  Shivam Gautam ,  Abhishek Mohta

IPC: B60W60/00

Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle comprising a tractor and a trailer. For example, a system may determine that a line from a position of a first sensor on the autonomous vehicle to a position of a first actor in an environment of the autonomous vehicle intersects the trailer. The system may determine that the first actor is in a blind spot of the autonomous vehicle, generate a motion plan for the autonomous vehicle, and control the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the motion plan.

公开(公告)号：US12294663B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US18172735

申请日：2023-02-22

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Michael David Sorensen ,  Matthew Charles Ellis Wood ,  Matthew James Harris

IPC: H04L9/08 ,  B60R25/24 ,  G06F3/06 ,  H04L9/32

Abstract: Systems and methods for onboard vehicle certificate distribution are provided. A system can include a plurality of devices including a master device for authenticating processes and one or more requesting devices. The master device can include a master host security service configured to authenticate the one or more processes of the system. The master host security service can run a certificate authority to generate a root certificate and a private root key corresponding to the root certificate. A respective host security service can receive a request for a process manifest for a requesting process of a respective device from a respective orchestration service. The respective host security service can generate the process manifest for the requesting process and provide the process manifest to the requesting process. The requesting process can use the process manifest to communicate with the certificate authority to obtain an operational certificate based on the root certificate.

公开(公告)号：US20250140039A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US19007237

申请日：2024-12-31

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Molly Castle Nix ,  Sean Chin ,  Dennis Zhao

IPC: G07C5/08 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60K35/10 ,  B60K35/20 ,  B60K35/28 ,  B60K35/29 ,  B60K35/80 ,  B60K35/81 ,  B60W50/14 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G05D1/69

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods to obtain feedback descriptive of autonomous vehicle failures. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can detect that a vehicle failure event occurred at an autonomous vehicle and, in response, provide an interactive user interface that enables a human located within the autonomous vehicle to enter feedback that describes the vehicle failure event. Thus, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can actively prompt and/or enable entry of feedback in response to a particular instance of a vehicle failure event, thereby enabling improved and streamlined collection of information about autonomous vehicle failures.

公开(公告)号：US20250138169A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US18496470

申请日：2023-10-27

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Steil MICHAELS ,  Tsz Chun WONG

IPC: G01S7/497 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: A device testing circuit for a LIDAR sensor system of a vehicle includes a first splitter optically coupled to a first connection and to a first device, the first device configured to generate a first output signal in response to receiving a first optical signal from the first connection through the first splitter, and a second splitter optically coupled to a second connection and to a second device, the second device configured to generate a second output signal in response to receiving a second optical signal from the second connection through the second splitter. The first splitter and the second splitter are optically coupled to each other.

公开(公告)号：US12287409B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18514635

申请日：2023-11-20

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Zeb Barber ,  Stephen Crouch ,  Emil Kadlec

IPC: G01S17/931 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4912 ,  G01S17/34 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/228 ,  G05D1/65

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：US12282095B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-22

申请号：US18351075

申请日：2023-07-12

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Scott Boehmke

IPC: G01S17/42 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G02B26/12

Abstract: A LIDAR sensor for an autonomous vehicle (AV) can include one or more lasers outputting one or more laser beams, one or more non-mechanical optical components to (i) receive the one or more laser beams, (ii) configure a field of view of the LIDAR sensor, and (iii) output modulated frequencies from the one or more laser beams, and one or more photodetectors to detect return signals based on the outputted modulated frequencies from the one or more laser beams.

公开(公告)号：US20250123365A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-17

申请号：US18599602

申请日：2024-03-08

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Swarnav Banik ,  Andrew Steil Michaels ,  Phillip Sandborn

IPC: G01S7/481 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: A LIDAR sensor system for a vehicle can include a light source configured to generate a beam; at least one optical amplifier configured to amplify the beam to produce an amplified beam; an optical power distribution network; a transmitter configured to receive the plurality of distributed beams; and one or more optics configured to emit the plurality of distributed beams. The optical power distribution network can include at least one input port configured to receive the amplified beam; one or more optical splitters configured to split the amplified beam into a plurality of distributed beams; a plurality of output ports respectively configured to provide the plurality of distributed beams; and one or more optical isolators configured to attenuate reflected signals at the plurality of output ports by coherently interfering the reflected signals.

公开(公告)号：US20250111105A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18979226

申请日：2024-12-12

Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Steven Capell ,  Simon Box ,  John Michael Wyrwas

IPC: G06F30/20 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: Simulation data of the autonomous vehicle is processed by executing a simulation based on the simulation data to generate a simulation result. Then a perception scenario is generated from the simulation result. The generated perception scenario is validated by verifying whether a constraint is satisfied to produce a validated perception scenario. The validated perception scenario can be used to create or refine a perception model used for controlling the operation of autonomous vehicles.