Automatic qualification of payload for autonomous vehicles
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsCraig Latimer, Eric Kim, David Smith
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Abstract
A vehicle operable to pull a trailer comprising a payload is provided, that includes a plurality of sensors configured to capture sensor data related to the vehicle, the trailer, or both, and a controller configured to (i) receive the sensor data from the plurality of sensors, (ii) determine, based on the sensor data, one or more parameters associated with the trailer, the payload, or both, (iii) update, based on an analysis of the one or more parameters, a confidence level associated with an operation of the vehicle with the trailer and the payload, and (iv) based on the confidence level, responsively execute an autonomous control strategy comprising one or more adjustments to the operation of the vehicle.
Claims19
A vehicle operable to pull a trailer comprising a payload, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors configured to capture sensor data related to the vehicle, the trailer, or both;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- (i) receive, from the plurality of sensors, sensor data relating to one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer, wherein the one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer comprise at least one of an acceleration, a turn operation, or a braking operation, (ii) determine, based on the sensor data relating to the one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer, one or more parameters associated with the payload, wherein the one or more parameters associated with the payload comprise at least a center of gravity of the payload, (iii) update, based on an analysis of the one or more parameters, a confidence level associated with an operation of the vehicle with the trailer and the payload, and (iv) based on the confidence level, responsively execute an autonomous control strategy comprising one or more adjustments to the operation of the vehicle.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a remote computing device, sensor data captured by a plurality of sensors of a vehicle that is operable to pull a trailer comprising a payload, the sensor data captured by the plurality of sensors comprising sensor data relating to one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer, wherein the one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer comprise at least one of an acceleration, a turn operation, or a braking operation;
- determining, based on the sensor data relating to one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer, one or more parameters associated with the payload, wherein the one or more parameters associated with the payload comprise at least a center of gravity of the payload;
- updating, based on an analysis of the one or more parameters, a confidence level associated with an operation of the vehicle with the trailer and the payload;
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- based on the confidence level, causing the vehicle to responsively execute an autonomous control strategy comprising one or more adjustments to the operation of the vehicle.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a vehicle operable to pull a trailer comprising a payload, sensor data captured by a plurality of sensors of the vehicle, the sensor data captured by the plurality of sensors comprising sensor data relating to one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer, wherein the one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer comprise at least one of an acceleration, a turn operation, or a braking operation;
- determining, based on the sensor data relating to one or more maneuvers of the vehicle connected to the trailer, one or more parameters associated with the payload, wherein the one or more parameters associated with the payload comprise at least a center of gravity of the payload;
- updating, based on an analysis of the one or more parameters, a confidence level associated with an operation of the vehicle with the trailer and the payload;
- and
- based on the confidence level, responsively executing an autonomous control strategy comprising one or more adjustments to the operation of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.