公开(公告)号：US20240420515A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18335457

申请日：2023-06-15

Applicant: TORC Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Dennis KING ,  Andrew CUNNINGHAM ,  John BLANKENHORN ,  Adam SHOEMAKER ,  Bodo SEIFERT

IPC: G07C5/00 ,  B60R16/023 ,  H04L12/42

Abstract: Autonomous vehicles including sensors and electronic control units (ECUs) that communicate via ring networks are disclosed. A system includes an ECU of an autonomous vehicle that includes an ECU network interface. The system includes a plurality of sensors disposed on the autonomous vehicle, and each of the plurality of sensors includes a respective sensor network interface. The system includes a plurality of network links communicatively coupling the plurality of sensors to the ECU network interface of the ECU via the respective sensor network interface in a ring configuration.