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US 11,599,112 B2Granted
Autonomous vehicle with independent auxiliary control units
AssigneeUatc, LLC
InventorsNicholas Letwin, Sean Kelly
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Abstract
An autonomous vehicle which includes multiple independent control systems that provide redundancy as to specific and critical safety situations which may be encountered when the autonomous vehicle is in operation.
Claims20
An auxiliary control system for an autonomous vehicle, the auxiliary control system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the auxiliary control system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving an auxiliary sensor input from one or more auxiliary vehicle sensors;
- receiving, from a primary control system, trajectory data for a planned future trajectory of the autonomous vehicle;
- analyzing the auxiliary sensor input and the trajectory data to detect a predefined condition or event associated with the planned future trajectory of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- generating a vehicle response output, wherein the vehicle response output is associated with a verification of the trajectory data based on the auxiliary sensor input.
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A method for operating an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving an auxiliary sensor input from one or more auxiliary vehicle sensors;
- receiving, from a primary control system, trajectory data for a planned future trajectory of the autonomous vehicle;
- analyzing the auxiliary sensor input and the trajectory data to detect a predefined condition or event associated with the planned future trajectory of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- generating a vehicle response output, wherein the vehicle response output is associated with a verification of the trajectory data based on the auxiliary sensor input.
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An autonomous vehicle comprising:
- a primary control system to control the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- an auxiliary control system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the auxiliary control system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving an auxiliary sensor input from one or more auxiliary vehicle sensors;
- receiving, from the primary control system, trajectory data for a planned future trajectory of the autonomous vehicle;
- analyzing the auxiliary sensor input and the trajectory data to detect a predefined condition or event associated with the planned future trajectory of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- generating a vehicle response output, wherein the vehicle response output is associated with a verification of the trajectory data based on the auxiliary sensor input.
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