Systems and methods for sensor platform
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorYUNG-CHANG KO
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Abstract
Apparatus are provided for a sensor platform. The sensor platform includes a sensor mount adapted to receive a sensing device, and a first articulation system that has a first rotational axis. The sensor platform includes a second articulation system that has a second rotational axis, and the second rotational axis is different than the first rotational axis. The sensor platform includes a base that supports the first articulation system, the second articulation system and the sensor mount. The first articulation system and the second articulation system are independently movable to define two degrees of freedom for positioning the sensor platform.
Claims20
A sensor platform, comprising:
- a sensor mount adapted to receive a sensing device;
- a first articulation system that has a first rotational axis;
- a second articulation system that has a second rotational axis, the second rotational axis different than the first rotational axis;
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- a base that supports the first articulation system, the second articulation system and the sensor mount,
- wherein the first articulation system and the second articulation system are independently movable to define two degrees of freedom for positioning the sensor platform.
A sensor platform, comprising:
- a first articulation system that has a first rotational axis;
- a second articulation system that has a second rotational axis, the first rotational axis angularly offset from the second rotational axis, the first articulation system coupled to the second articulation system such that the first articulation system and the second articulation system extend along a longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the first articulation system and the second articulation system are independently movable to define two degrees of rotational freedom for positioning the sensor platform.
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a sensing device that observes a condition associated with the autonomous vehicle;
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- a sensor platform coupled to the sensing device and the vehicle, the sensing device including a first articulation system that is movable about a first rotational axis and a second articulation system that is movable about a second rotational axis, the first rotational axis different than the second rotational axis, and the first articulation system and the second articulation system define two degrees of rotational freedom for positioning the sensor platform, the sensor platform extending along a longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.