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US 12,596,368 B2Granted
Systems and techniques for field-of-view improvements in autonomous trucking systems
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorAndre Strobel
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Abstract
Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure relate to performance and safety improvements for autonomous trucking systems, such as mitigation of blind spots in the field of view of a sensing system of an autonomous vehicle, using shielding by other vehicles in adverse weather conditions, and deploying a cooperative expansion of the sensing field of view using external sensing systems.
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A method to operate a traveling autonomous vehicle (AV), the method comprising:
- shifting, using an AV control system, the AV in a first direction that is lateral to a direction of motion of the AV and exposing a first portion of an occluded, by a body of the AV, region of an environment of the AV to a first sensor of a sensing system of the AV;
- receiving, by a data processing system of the AV, sensing data from the sensing system, wherein the sensing data comprises a first part obtained using the first sensor and imaging the first portion of the occluded region;
- establishing, by the data processing system of the AV and using the received sensing data, an existence of a driving condition, wherein the driving condition comprises one of:
- a presence of a vehicle within the occluded region of the environment of the AV, or
- an absence of a vehicle within the occluded region of the environment of the AV;
- and
- causing, by the data processing system of the AV, a driving path of the AV to be determined in view of the established driving condition.
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An autonomous vehicle (AV), comprising:
- an AV sensing system;
- an AV control system to shift the AV in a first direction that is lateral to a direction of motion of the AV and expose a first portion of an occluded, by a body of the AV, region of an environment of the AV to a first sensor of the AV sensing system;
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- an AV data processing system to:
- receive sensing data from the AV sensing system, wherein the sensing data comprises a first part obtained using the first sensor and imaging the first portion of the occluded region;
- determine, using the received sensing data, an existence of a driving condition, wherein the driving condition comprises one of:
- a presence of a vehicle within the occluded region of the environment of the AV, or
- an absence of a vehicle within the occluded region of the environment of the AV;
- and
- cause the AV data processing system to determine a driving path of the AV in view of the determined driving condition.
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A system comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory device, the processing device configured to:
- cause a control system of an autonomous vehicle (AV) to shift the AV in a direction that is lateral to a direction of motion of the AV and expose a portion of an occluded, by a body of the AV, region of an environment of the AV to a sensor of a sensing system of the AV;
- receive, from a data processing system of the AV, sensing data, wherein the sensing data comprises data imaging the portion of the occluded region;
- determine, by the data processing system of the AV and using the received sensing data, an existence of a driving condition, wherein the driving condition comprises one of:
- a presence of a vehicle within the occluded region of the environment of the AV, or
- an absence of a vehicle within the occluded region of the environment of the AV;
- and
- cause, by the data processing system of the AV, a driving path of the AV to be determined in view of the determined driving condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.