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US 10,095,238 B2Granted
Autonomous vehicle object detection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKenneth James Miller, Douglas Raymond Martin, Aed M. Dudar, William Paul Perkins
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Abstract
A computer in a vehicle can determine a first distance from a vehicle to a traffic object and receive, via a network interface, a second distance from a second vehicle to the traffic object and a third distance from the second vehicle to the vehicle. The computer can determine a fourth distance by triangulation based on the second distance and the third distance and pilot the vehicle based on combining the first distance and the fourth distance.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- determining a first distance from a first vehicle to a traffic object;
- receiving, via a network interface, a second distance from a second vehicle to the traffic object and a third distance from the second vehicle to the first vehicle;
- determining a fourth distance by triangulation based on the second distance and the third distance;
- piloting the first vehicle based on combining the first and fourth distances;
- receiving, via the network interface, one or more additional second distances from one or more additional second vehicles to the traffic object, and one or more additional third distances from one or more additional second vehicles to the first vehicle;
- determining an average fourth distance and a standard deviation based on the second distance, the additional second distances, the third distance, and the additional third distances;
- and
- piloting the first vehicle based on combining the first distance, the average fourth distance and the standard deviation.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine a first distance from a vehicle to a traffic object;
- receive, via a network interface, a second distance from a second vehicle to the traffic object and a third distance from the second vehicle to the vehicle;
- determine a fourth distance by triangulation based on the second distance and the third distance;
- pilot the vehicle based on combining the first distance and the fourth distance;
- receive, via the network interface, one or more additional second distances from one or more additional second vehicles to the traffic object, and one or more additional third distances from one or more additional second vehicles to the vehicle;
- determine an average fourth distance and a standard deviation based on the second distance, the additional second distances, the third distance, and the additional third distances;
- and
- pilot the vehicle based on combining the first distance, the average fourth distance and the standard deviation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.