Redundant sensor fabric for autonomous vehicles
AssigneeGhost Locomotion Inc.
InventorsJohn Hayes, Volkmar Uhlig
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Abstract
A redundant sensor fabric in an autonomous vehicle may include receiving, by a processing unit, sensor data from a first sensor of a plurality of sensors associated with a same sensing space of the autonomous vehicle; detecting a fault associated with the first sensor; establishing, via a switched fabric, a communications path between the processing unit and a second sensor of the plurality of sensors; and receiving, by the processing unit, sensor data from the second sensor instead of the first sensor.
Claims20
A method for a redundant sensor fabric in an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing unit, sensor data from a first sensor of a plurality of sensors associated with a same sensing space of the autonomous vehicle;
- detecting a fault associated with the first sensor;
- establishing, via a switched fabric, in response to detecting the fault, a communications path between the processing unit and a second sensor of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- receiving, by the processing unit, sensor data from the second sensor instead of the first sensor.
An apparatus for a redundant sensor fabric in an autonomous vehicle, the apparatus configured to perform steps comprising:
- receiving, by a processing unit, sensor data from a first sensor of a plurality of sensors associated with a same sensing space of the autonomous vehicle;
- detecting a fault associated with the first sensor;
- establishing, via a switched fabric, a communications path between the processing unit and a second sensor of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- receiving, by the processing unit, sensor data from the second sensor instead of the first sensor.
An autonomous vehicle implementing a redundant sensor fabric, the autonomous vehicle comprising an apparatus configured to perform steps comprising:
- receiving, by a processing unit, sensor data from a first sensor of a plurality of sensors associated with a same sensing space of the autonomous vehicle;
- detecting a fault associated with the first sensor;
- establishing, via a switched fabric, a communications path between the processing unit and a second sensor of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- receiving, by the processing unit, sensor data from the second sensor instead of the first sensor.
A computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions for a redundant sensor fabric in an autonomous vehicle that, when executed, cause a computer system to carry out the steps of:
- receiving, by a processing unit, sensor data from a first sensor of a plurality of sensors associated with a same sensing space of the autonomous vehicle;
- detecting a fault associated with the first sensor;
- establishing, via a switched fabric, a communications path between the processing unit and a second sensor of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- receiving, by the processing unit, sensor data from the second sensor instead of the first sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.