公开(公告)号：US11703879B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US17120673

申请日：2020-12-14

Applicant: Cybernet Systems Corp.

Inventor： Charles J. Jacobus ,  Douglas Haanpaa ,  Charles J. Cohen

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S7/487 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G01S13/89 ,  G01S13/931

CPC classification number: G05D1/024 ,  G01S7/487 ,  G01S7/4808 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G01S13/89 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G05D1/0246

Abstract: Autonomously driven vehicles operate in rain, snow and other adverse weather conditions. An on-board vehicle sensor has a beam with a diameter that is only intermittently blocked by rain, snow, dust or other obscurant particles. This allows an obstacle detection processor is to tell the difference between obstacles, terrain variations and obscurant particles, thereby enabling the vehicle driving control unit to disregard the presence of obscurant particles along the route taken by the vehicle. The sensor may form part of a LADAR or RADAR system or a video camera. The obstacle detection processor may receive time-spaced frames divided into cells or pixels, whereby groups of connected cells or pixels and/or cells or pixels that persist over longer periods of time are interpreted to be obstacles or terrain variations. The system may further including an input for receiving weather-specific configuration parameters to adjust the operation of the obstacle detection processor.

公开(公告)号：US11372425B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16598350

申请日：2019-10-10

Applicant: Cybernet Systems Corp.

Inventor： Glenn Beach ,  Douglas Haanpaa ,  Charles J. Jacobus ,  Steven Rowe

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B66F9/06 ,  G01C21/34 ,  B60W30/00 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G08G1/0962

Abstract: Autonomous vehicles are capable of executing missions that abide by on-street rules or regulations, while also being able to seamlessly transition to and from “zones,” including off-street zones, with their our set(s) of rules or regulations. An on-board memory stores roadgraph information. An on-board computer is operative to execute commanded driving missions using the roadgraph information, including missions with one or more zones, each zone being defined by a sub-roadgraph with its own set of zone-specific driving rules and parameters. A mission may be coordinated with one or more payload operations, including zone with “free drive paths” as in a warehouse facility with loading and unloading zones to pick up payloads and place them down, or zone staging or entry points to one or more points of payload acquisition or placement. The vehicle may be a warehousing vehicle such as a forklift.

公开(公告)号：US20210248915A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17105026

申请日：2020-11-25

Applicant: Cybernet Systems Corp.

Inventor： Charles J. Jacobus ,  Douglas Haanpaa ,  Eugene Foulk ,  Pritpaul Mahal ,  Steve Rowe ,  Charles J. Cohen ,  Glenn J. Beach

IPC: G08G9/02 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/18 ,  B60W30/09 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/46

Abstract: Autonomous and manually operated vehicles are integrated into a cohesive, interactive environment, with communications to each other and to their surroundings, to improve traffic flow while reducing accidents and other incidents. All vehicles send/receive messages to/from each other, and from infrastructure devices, enabling the vehicles to determine their status, traffic conditions and infrastructure. The vehicles store and operate in accordance with a common set of rules based upon the messages received and other inputs from sensors, databases, and so forth, to avoid obstacles and collisions based upon current and, in some cases, future or predicted behavior. Shared vehicle control interfaces enable the AVs to conform to driving activities that are legal, safe, and allowable on roadways. Such activities enable each AV to drive within safety margins, speed limits, on allowed or legal driving lanes and through allowed turns, intersections, mergers, lane changes, stops/starts, and so forth.

公开(公告)号：US20210110726A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-15

申请号：US17105049

申请日：2020-11-25

Applicant: Cybernet Systems Corp.

Inventor： Charles J. Jacobus ,  Douglas Haanpaa ,  Eugene Foulk ,  Pritpaul Mahal ,  Steve Rowe ,  Charles J. Cohen ,  Glenn J. Beach

IPC: G08G9/02 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/18 ,  B60W30/09 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/46

Abstract: Autonomous and manually operated vehicles are integrated into a cohesive, interactive environment, with communications to each other and to their surroundings, to improve traffic flow while reducing accidents and other incidents. All vehicles send/receive messages to/from each other, and from infrastructure devices, enabling the vehicles to determine their status, traffic conditions and infrastructure. The vehicles store and operate in accordance with a common set of rules based upon the messages received and other inputs from sensors, databases, and so forth, to avoid obstacles and collisions based upon current and, in some cases, future or predicted behavior. Shared vehicle control interfaces enable the AVs to conform to driving activities that are legal, safe, and allowable on roadways. Such activities enable each AV to drive within safety margins, speed limits, on allowed or legal driving lanes and through allowed turns, intersections, mergers, lane changes, stops/starts, and so forth.

公开(公告)号：US20190088148A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16180739

申请日：2018-11-05

Applicant: Cybernet Systems Corp.

Inventor： Charles J. Jacobus ,  Douglas Haanpaa ,  Eugene Foulk ,  Pritpaul Mahal ,  Steve Rowe ,  Charles J. Cohen ,  Glenn J. Beach

IPC: G08G9/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/18 ,  B60W30/09

Abstract: Autonomous and manually operated vehicles are integrated into a cohesive, interactive environment, with communications to each other and to their surroundings, to improve traffic flow while reducing accidents and other incidents. All vehicles send/receive messages to/from each other, and from infrastructure devices, enabling the vehicles to determine their status, traffic conditions and infrastructure. The vehicles store and operate in accordance with a common set of rules based upon the messages received and other inputs from sensors, databases, and so forth, to avoid obstacles and collisions based upon current and, in some cases, future or predicted behavior. Shared vehicle control interfaces enable the AVs to conform to driving activities that are legal, safe, and allowable on roadways. Such activities enable each AV to drive within safety margins, speed limits, on allowed or legal driving lanes and through allowed turns, intersections, mergers, lane changes, stops/starts, and so forth.