Adaptive tilting radars for effective vehicle controls
AssigneeLyft, Inc.
InventorsJamaledin Izadian, Mohammad Emadi
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the vehicle, determining that a first beam angle of a radar of the vehicle provides insufficient radar visibility of a current road condition according to one or more criteria based on the sensor data, determining an amount of adjustment needed to adjust the first beam angle of the radar, adjusting the first beam angle of the radar to a second beam angle based on the determined amount of adjustment, and detecting one or more objects based on the second beam angle of the radar.
Claims20
A method comprising, by a computing system of a vehicle:
- accessing sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
- determining, based on the sensor data, that a first beam angle of a radar of the vehicle provides insufficient radar visibility of a current road condition according to one or more criteria;
- determining an amount of adjustment needed to adjust the first beam angle of the radar;
- adjusting, based on the determined amount of adjustment, the first beam angle of the radar to a second beam angle;
- and
- detecting, based on the second beam angle of the radar, one or more objects.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to one or more of the processors, the one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to cause the system to:
- access sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
- determine, based on the sensor data, that a first beam angle of a radar of the vehicle provides insufficient radar visibility of a current road condition according to one or more criteria;
- determine an amount of adjustment needed to adjust the first beam angle of the radar;
- adjust, based on the determined amount of adjustment, the first beam angle of the radar to a second beam angle;
- and
- detect, based on the second beam angle of the radar, one or more objects.
One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- accessing sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
- determining, based on the sensor data, that a first beam angle of a radar of the vehicle provides insufficient radar visibility of a current road condition according to one or more criteria;
- determining an amount of adjustment needed to adjust the first beam angle of the radar;
- adjusting, based on the determined amount of adjustment, the first beam angle of the radar to a second beam angle;
- and
- detecting, based on the second beam angle of the radar, one or more objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.