Data acquisition method and apparatus for driverless vehicle

A data acquisition apparatus for a driverless vehicle, the driverless vehicle provided with at least one LIDAR sensor and a camera sensor, the apparatus comprising:

• a first acquisition unit, configured to acquire sensor information of each LIDAR sensor in the at least one LIDAR sensor, the sensor information comprising:
• an importance level and a collection period;
• select an LIDAR sensor having a highest importance level in the at least one LIDAR sensor as a first LIDAR sensor;
• and acquire a collection period of the first LIDAR sensor as a first period;
• a second acquisition unit, configured to acquire a start time of a current time window;
• a first execution unit, configured to execute following data processing steps:
• executing real-time acquiring and storing operations on data packets collected by the LIDAR sensor and the camera sensor after the start time of the current time window;
• and determining whether a following condition is met:
• the first period has elapsed from the start time of the current time window to a current time;
• a second execution unit, configured to set the start time of the current time window to the current time in response to determining that the condition is met, and continue executing the data processing steps;
• wherein, the first execution unit is further configured to:
• acquire in real time the data packets collected by the LIDAR sensor and the camera sensor after the start time of the current time window and store the acquired data packets into a cache indicated by a cache address corresponding to the current time window;
• and
• the second execution unit is further configured to:
• set a corresponding cache address for the current time window.

A non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs when executed by a device, causing the device to perform a data acquisition method for a driverless vehicle, the driverless vehicle provided with at least one LIDAR sensor and a camera sensor, the method comprising:

• acquiring sensor information of each LIDAR sensor in the at least one LIDAR sensor, the sensor information comprising:
• an importance level and a collection period;
• selecting an LIDAR sensor having a highest importance level in the at least one LIDAR sensor as a first LIDAR sensor;
• acquiring a collection period of the first LIDAR sensor as a first period;
• acquiring a start time of a current time window;
• executing following data processing steps:
• executing real-time acquiring and storing operations on data packets collected by the LIDAR sensor and the camera sensor after the start time of the current time window;
• and determining whether a following condition is met:
• the first period has elapsed from the start time of the current time window to a current time;
• setting the start time of the current time window to the current time in response to determining that the condition is met, and continuing executing the data processing steps;
• wherein the executing the real-time acquiring and storing operations on the data packets collected by the LIDAR sensor and the camera sensor after the start time of the current time window comprises:
• acquiring in real time the data packets collected by the LIDAR sensor and the camera sensor after the start time of the current time window and storing the acquired data packets into a cache indicated by a cache address corresponding to the current time window, and
• the method further comprises, after the setting the start time of the current time window to the current time:
• setting a corresponding cache address for the current time window.