公开(公告)号：US20240140492A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18410403

申请日：2024-01-11

Applicant: WAYMO LLC

Inventor： Clement Wright ,  Lauren Schwendimann ,  Maria Moon ,  Kevin Malta ,  Ganesh Balachandran ,  Jonathan Pedersen ,  Daniella Gutlansky

IPC: B60W60/00

CPC classification number: B60W60/00256 ,  B60W2420/403 ,  B60W2420/408 ,  B60W2420/54 ,  B60W2540/041 ,  B60W2540/043 ,  B60W2554/4029 ,  B60W2556/10 ,  B60W2556/45 ,  G06Q50/40

Abstract: The technology employs a holistic approach to passenger pickups and other wayfinding situations. This includes identifying where passengers are relative to the vehicle and/or the pickup location. Information synthesis from different sensors, agent behavior prediction models, and real-time situational awareness are employed to identify the likelihood that the passenger to be picked up is at a given location at a particular point in time, with sufficient confidence. The system can provide adaptive navigation by helping passengers understand their distance and direction to the vehicle, for instance using various cues via an app on the person's device. Rider support tools may be provided, which enable a remote agent to interact with a customer via that person's device, such as using the camera on the device to provide wayfinding support to enable the person to find their vehicle. Ride support may also use sensor information from the vehicle when providing wayfinding support.

公开(公告)号：US20230351891A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US18339610

申请日：2023-06-22

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Ganesh Balachandran

IPC: G08G1/087 ,  G08G1/0967 ,  G08G1/0965 ,  G08B1/08

CPC classification number: G08G1/087 ,  G08G1/096791 ,  G08G1/0965 ,  G08B1/08

Abstract: One example system for detecting an emergency siren comprises a microphone device, a band pass filter operably coupled to the microphone device and configured to filter sound data from the microphone device to produce filtered sound data, a phase lock loop circuit configured to phase filter the filtered sound data to produce phase filtered data, and a processor configured to determine a presence of a siren signal from the phase filtered data.

公开(公告)号：US20240378514A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18780797

申请日：2024-07-23

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Ganesh Balachandran ,  Salil Pandit

IPC: G06Q10/02 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to generating a model to assess maximum numbers of concurrent trips for an autonomous vehicle transportation service. For instance, historical trip data, including when requests for assistance were made, response times for those requests for assistance, and a number of available resources when each of the requests for assistance were made may be received. In addition, a number of concurrent trips, or trips that overlap in time, occurring when each of the requests for assistance were made may be received. The model may be trained using the historical trip data and the numbers of concurrent trips. The model may be configured to provide a maximum number of concurrent trips given a period of time, a number of available resources, and a response time requirement.

公开(公告)号：US20210291839A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17167289

申请日：2021-02-04

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Keith Hutchings ,  Ilmo van der Lowe ,  Vasily Starostenko ,  Ganesh Balachandran ,  Andrew Warren

IPC: B60W40/08 ,  B60W50/04

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to models for estimating the likelihood of fatigue in test drivers. In some instances, training data including videos of the test drivers while such test drivers are tasked with monitoring driving of a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode may be identified. The training data also includes driver drowsiness values generated from one or more human operators observing the videos. The training inputs and outputs may be used to train the model such that when a new video of a first test driver is input into the model, the model will output an estimate of a likelihood of fatigue for that test driver.

公开(公告)号：US20250076881A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18459537

申请日：2023-09-01

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Son-Ca Nguyen ,  Ganesh Balachandran ,  Renaud-Roland Hubert ,  Victor Chan ,  Celia Zhang ,  Steven Kleiser ,  Kai Ying ,  Kerry Chen ,  Alfred Wang

IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for enabling distribution or prepositioning of roadside assistance vehicles within a service area for a fleet of autonomous vehicles. For instance, a clustering approach may be used to determine an assignment identifying a plurality of cluster locations and respective assigned ones of the roadside assistance vehicles. The clustering approach uses a number of clusters corresponding to the number of the roadside assistance vehicles. Distribution information may be sent to computing devices associated with technicians of the respective assigned ones of the roadside assistance vehicles. The distribution information may enable the technicians of the respective assigned ones of the roadside assistance vehicles to proceed to the cluster locations of the determined assignment.

公开(公告)号：US11727798B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17667907

申请日：2022-02-09

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Ganesh Balachandran

IPC: G08G1/00 ,  G08G1/087 ,  G08G1/0967 ,  G08G1/0965 ,  G08B1/08

CPC classification number: G08G1/087 ,  G08B1/08 ,  G08G1/0965 ,  G08G1/096791

Abstract: One example system for detecting an emergency siren comprises a microphone device, a band pass filter operably coupled to the microphone device and configured to filter sound data from the microphone device to produce filtered sound data, a phase lock loop circuit configured to phase filter the filtered sound data to produce phase filtered data, and a processor configured to determine a presence of a siren signal from the phase filtered data.

公开(公告)号：US20220277649A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17667907

申请日：2022-02-09

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Ganesh Balachandran

IPC: G08G1/087 ,  G08G1/0967 ,  G08G1/0965 ,  G08B1/08

Abstract: One example system for detecting an emergency siren comprises a microphone device, a band pass filter operably coupled to the microphone device and configured to filter sound data from the microphone device to produce filtered sound data, a phase lock loop circuit configured to phase filter the filtered sound data to produce phase filtered data, and a processor configured to determine a presence of a siren signal from the phase filtered data.

公开(公告)号：US20220164720A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US16953862

申请日：2020-11-20

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Ganesh Balachandran ,  Salil Pandit

IPC: G06Q10/02 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06N5/04

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to generating a model to assess maximum numbers of concurrent trips for an autonomous vehicle transportation service. For instance, historical trip data, including when requests for assistance were made, response times for those requests for assistance, and a number of available resources when each of the requests for assistance were made may be received. In addition, a number of concurrent trips, or trips that overlap in time, occurring when each of the requests for assistance were made may be received. The model may be trained using the historical trip data and the numbers of concurrent trips. The model may be configured to provide a maximum number of concurrent trips given a period of time, a number of available resources, and a response time requirement.

公开(公告)号：US11904902B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17511634

申请日：2021-10-27

Applicant: WAYMO LLC

Inventor： Clement Wright ,  Lauren Schwendimann ,  Maria Moon ,  Kevin Malta ,  Ganesh Balachandran ,  Jonathan Pedersen ,  Daniella Gutlansky

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  G06Q50/30

CPC classification number: B60W60/00256 ,  B60W2420/42 ,  B60W2420/52 ,  B60W2420/54 ,  B60W2540/041 ,  B60W2540/043 ,  B60W2554/4029 ,  B60W2556/10 ,  B60W2556/45 ,  G06Q50/30

Abstract: The technology employs a holistic approach to passenger pickups and other wayfinding situations. This includes identifying where passengers are relative to the vehicle and/or the pickup location. Information synthesis from different sensors, agent behavior prediction models, and real-time situational awareness are employed to identify the likelihood that the passenger to be picked up is at a given location at a particular point in time, with sufficient confidence. The system can provide adaptive navigation by helping passengers understand their distance and direction to the vehicle, for instance using various cues via an app on the person's device. Rider support tools may be provided, which enable a remote agent to interact with a customer via that person's device, such as using the camera on the device to provide wayfinding support to enable the person to find their vehicle. Ride support may also use sensor information from the vehicle when providing wayfinding support.

公开(公告)号：US11882416B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17902187

申请日：2022-09-02

Applicant: WAYMO LLC

Inventor： Choon Ping Chng ,  Cheng-Han Wu ,  Ganesh Balachandran ,  Peter Strohm

IPC: H04R3/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R1/08

CPC classification number: H04R3/005 ,  H04R1/083 ,  H04R1/406

Abstract: A system includes multiple microphone arrays positioned at different locations on a roof of an autonomous vehicle. Each microphone array includes two or more microphones. Internal clocks of each microphone array are synchronized by a processor and used to generate timestamps indicating when microphones capture a sound. Based on the timestamps, the processor is configured to localize a source of the sound.