METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20250108831A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-03

    申请号:US18899434

    申请日:2024-09-27

    Inventor: Fridtjof Stein

    Abstract: A method for operating an autonomous vehicle includes detecting an environment of the autonomous vehicle using a sensor system positioned in at least in one direction of travel in front of the autonomous vehicle, wherein data of the environment is made available to a computing unit, wherein a trajectory of a vehicle driving ahead driving back and forth over a plurality of lanes of a multi-lane roadway is tracked by the sensor system and/or the computing unit. The method includes recognizing that the vehicle in front is an emergency vehicle and identifying when a movement pattern in the trajectory is detected which persists over a period of more than 20 seconds where the emergency vehicle drives back and forth over a plurality of lanes. The driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle is adapted to drive at a distance behind the emergency vehicle and stop when the emergency vehicle stops.

    Methods and Systems for Reducing Vehicle Delay Based on Movement Prediction

    公开(公告)号:US20250074388A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18661240

    申请日:2024-05-10

    Abstract: A method may include monitoring, by a processor associated with an autonomous vehicle, a status of a traffic light. The method may include monitoring, by the processor, a movement status of at least one vehicle within a same lane as the autonomous vehicle, the at least one vehicle having a stationary position in relation to the traffic light. The method may include executing, by the processor, a computer model to predict a change of movement status for the at least one vehicle in accordance with the status of the traffic light. The method may include in response to the computer model predicting a change of movement status for the at least one vehicle from the stationary position to a moving status, instructing, by the processor, the autonomous vehicle to increase a torque value of the autonomous vehicle at a predetermined time before the change of the movement status.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS HORN ACTIVATION AND KIDNAPPING DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20250022313A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18221825

    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 SENSOR CALIBRATION AT AN ENERGY SUPPLY STATION

    公开(公告)号:US20250018983A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18221836

    申请日:2023-07-13

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle can include a perception sensor and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to automatically control the autonomous vehicle to an energy supply station to resupply the autonomous vehicle; detect an arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the energy supply station; detect a calibration target; collect data from the perception sensor corresponding with the calibration target; and calibrate the perception sensor based on the collected data.

    PREDICTION OF ROAD GRADE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION

    公开(公告)号:US20250018953A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18222384

    申请日:2023-07-14

    Abstract: Systems and methods of predicting a grade of a road upon which a vehicle is traveling are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle system can receive sensor data from a sensor measuring a response from at least one mechanical component of the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle navigates a road; detect a speed of the autonomous vehicle; determine a predicted grade of the road based on the sensor data and the speed; and navigate the autonomous vehicle based on the predicted grade of the road.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ANCHOR POINT TRACKING

    公开(公告)号:US20250010888A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18219597

    申请日:2023-07-07

    Inventor: Jacob WHITE

    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle comprises a sensor and one or more processors. The one or more processors can be configured to receive a set of object location data from the sensor, the set of object location data indicating an object; generate a measured representation of the object based on the set of object location data; execute a tracking protocol using data of the measured representation of the object as input to generate a virtual representation of the object, the virtual representation of the object comprising a virtual point that is nearest to a defined location of the autonomous vehicle; and translate the virtual point of the virtual representation of the object to a measured point of the measured representation of the object.

    LATERAL CONTROLLER FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20250010880A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18219615

    申请日:2023-07-07

    Abstract: Systems and methods of automatic correction of map data for autonomous vehicle navigation are disclosed. One or more processors of an autonomous vehicle can determine a surrogate trajectory for navigating the autonomous vehicle towards a target trajectory; generate a curvature target for the autonomous vehicle based on the surrogate trajectory, a lateral error, and a velocity of the autonomous vehicle, the curvature target defined in part by at least three points; and navigate the autonomous vehicle according to the curvature target.

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