SENSOR COMPARTMENT FOR LEAK DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20250155314A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-15

    申请号:US18944918

    申请日:2024-11-12

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle comprising at least one sensor arranged within a chamber in the interior of the vehicle for detecting particles, moisture, and/or air pollution. An electronic control unit is provided for evaluating signals from the sensor, the electronic control unit having an evaluation unit which is configured to determine whether or not there is a leak. The electronic control unit has a communication unit which is configured to communicate with a backend via a wireless interface in order to report a detected leak. The electronic control unit also has a behavior module, which is configured to plan and control a driving behavior of the vehicle, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to control the behavior module to perform a maneuver for parking at a safe location upon detection of a leak with imminent danger.

    METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20250108796A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-03

    申请号:US18899398

    申请日:2024-09-27

    Abstract: A method for operating an autonomous vehicle includes detecting an environment of the autonomous vehicle using a sensor system, wherein data of the environment is made available to a computing unit, wherein the sensor system detects whether a second vehicle is attempting to overtake the autonomous vehicle. The method includes steering the autonomous vehicle laterally away from the second vehicle when oncoming traffic is detected, thereby creating sufficient space for the second vehicle and the oncoming traffic. The method includes detecting whether the second vehicle intends to overtake the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining a speed differential between the second vehicle and the autonomous vehicle. The method includes implementing a defensive driving maneuver wherein the speed of the autonomous vehicle is reduced if the speed differential falls below a predetermined threshold value.

    AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF A FIFTH-WHEEL HITCH FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20250058794A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-20

    申请号:US18235330

    申请日:2023-08-17

    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include generating, by a processor, a first metric corresponding to a first signal from one or more first sensors, the first sensor configured to detect a position of a fifth-wheel hitch of a vehicle with the fifth-wheel hitch in a first position, generating, by the processor, a second metric corresponding to a second signal from a drive assembly, the drive assembly configured to reposition of the fifth-wheel hitch, generating, by the processor and based on the first and second metrics, a third metric, the third metric corresponding to a second position of the fifth-wheel hitch with a predetermined load balancing configuration and transmitting, by the processor and responsive to a determination that the second position of the fifth-wheel hitch corresponds to a predetermined load balancing configuration of the vehicle, the third metric to the drive assembly.

    METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TO AVOID COLLISONS

    公开(公告)号:US20250058771A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-20

    申请号:US18806505

    申请日:2024-08-15

    Inventor: Fridtjof Stein

    Abstract: A method for operating an autonomous vehicle with a sensor system and a computing unit connected thereto. The method includes detecting with the sensor system an environment of the vehicle and potential collision causes. The method includes detecting an impending collision of the potential collision causes. The method includes preparing an evasive strategy including an evasive trajectory in which the evasive trajectory with the lowest risk is selected from a family of evasive trajectories; and is carried out by the vehicle, wherein once the speed of the potential collision cause has fallen to about zero, the evasive movement of the vehicle is interrupted.

    LOCALIZING VEHICLES USING RETROREFLECTIVE SURFACES

    公开(公告)号:US20250052581A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18448846

    申请日:2023-08-11

    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first set of data associated with a plurality of retroreflective features from a vehicle; retrieving a digital map comprising vectorized data associated with the plurality of retroreflective features and a location associated with the plurality of retroreflective features, the map previously generated based on monitoring a second set of data retrieved from a sensor of a second vehicle where the second set of data is associated with the plurality of retroreflective features near a road being driven by the second vehicle; generating a score for each retroreflective feature indicating a match between each retroreflective feature as indicated within the digital map and a location of each retroreflective feature as identified within the first set of data; and localizing the vehicle.

    Decoding and validation of machine-readable codes via multiple spectra of light

    公开(公告)号:US12217121B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US18193931

    申请日:2023-03-31

    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include a first layer having a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region having a first transmissivity property corresponding to a first portion of a spectrum of light and a second portion of the spectrum of light, having the first transmissivity property, and a second layer disposed over the first layer and having a third region and a fourth region, the third region and the fourth region having a second transmissivity property corresponding to the first portion of the spectrum of light and the second portion of the spectrum of light.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS HORN ACTIVATION AND KIDNAPPING DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20250022318A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18221814

    申请日:2023-07-13

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle can include a horn; a sensor(s) configured to capture images; and one or more processors. The one or more processors can be configured to receive a sequence of images from the sensor(s), the sequence of images captured by the sensor(s) as the autonomous vehicle was moving; execute a machine learning model using the sequence of images as input to detect a human inside a second vehicle or in the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle depicted within the sequence of images; determine, based on the detection of the human inside the second vehicle or in the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle within the sequence of images, the human is depicted performing a defined arm gesture within the sequence of images; and activate the horn responsive to the determination that the human is depicted performing the defined arm gesture within the sequence of images.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISPENSING ROAD MARKINGS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SIGNALING

    公开(公告)号:US20250010864A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18219609

    申请日:2023-07-07

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle comprises a sensor, a plurality of paint dispensers, and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to collect, using the sensor, data regarding an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle is moving on a surface; detect an event in the environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle from the collected data; determine an event type of the event based on the collected data; select a paint dispenser from the plurality of paint dispensers based on the determined event type; and automatically dispense paint from the selected paint dispenser onto the surface.

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