System and method for collaborative sensor calibration

Machine readable non-transitory medium having information recorded thereon for sensor calibration, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform:

• determining, by an ego vehicle in motion, whether a sensor deployed on the ego vehicle to facilitate autonomous driving of the ego vehicle needs to be calibrated;
• sending, if it is determined that the sensor needs to be calibrated, a request for assistance in collaborative calibration of the sensor, wherein the request includes at least one of a first position of the ego vehicle and a first configuration of the sensor with respect to the ego vehicle;
• receiving, at the ego vehicle, a response to the request indicative of an assisting vehicle that is to travel to be near the ego vehicle to facilitate the calibration of the sensor by collaborating with the moving ego vehicle;
• coordinating, with the assisting vehicle, to enable the sensor to acquire information of a target present on the assisting vehicle for the collaborative calibration, wherein the acquired information of the target on the assisting vehicle is used to calibrate the sensor.

A system for sensor calibration, comprising:

• a sensor calibration determiner configured for determining whether a sensor deployed on the ego vehicle to facilitate autonomous driving of the ego vehicle needs to be calibrated;
• a center communication unit configured for
• sending, if it is determined that the sensor needs to be calibrated, a request for assistance in collaborative calibration of the sensor, wherein the request includes at least one of a first position of the ego vehicle and a first configuration of the sensor with respect to the ego vehicle, and
• receiving a response to the request indicative of an assisting vehicle that is to travel to be near the ego vehicle to facilitate the calibration of the sensor by collaborating with the moving ego vehicle;
• and
• a calibration coordination controller configured for coordinating with the assisting vehicle to enable the sensor to acquire information of a target present on the assisting vehicle for the collaborative calibration, wherein the acquired information of the target from the assisting vehicle is used to calibrate the sensor.