Automated Performance Checks For Autonomous Vehicles
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsColin Braley, Volker Grabe
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provides for a method for performing checks for a vehicle. In this regard, a plurality of performance checks may be identified including a first check for a detection system of a plurality of detection systems of the vehicle and a second check for map data. A test route for the vehicle may be determined based on a location of the vehicle and the plurality of performance checks. The vehicle may be controlled along the test route in an autonomous driving mode, while sensor data may be received from the plurality of detection systems of the vehicle. An operation mode may be selected based on results of the plurality of performance checks, and the vehicle may be operated in the selected operation mode.
Claims20
A system in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- memory configured to store map data;
- a plurality of sensors configured to detect traffic features and objects in an environment of the vehicle and generate sensor data;
- and
- a computing device including one or more processors configured to perform a plurality of performance checks on the vehicle, the plurality of performance checks including a map check on the map data stored in the memory, the one or more processors being further configured to:
- receive sensor data from at least one of the plurality of sensors, the received sensor data being associated with a stationary object or a traffic feature;
- determine that the stationary object or the traffic feature is included in the map data stored in the memory;
- perform the map check by comparing the received sensor data to the map data stored in the memory;
- select an operation mode from a plurality of operation modes for the vehicle based on a result of the map check;
- and
- operate the vehicle in the selected operation mode.
A method for performing a map check for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- storing, by a memory, map data;
- detecting, by a plurality of sensors, traffic features and objects in an environment of the vehicle;
- generating, by the plurality of sensors, sensor data;
- and
- performing, by one or more processors of a computing device, a map check on the map data stored in the memory by:
- receiving, by the one or more processors, sensor data from at least one of the plurality of sensors, the received sensor data being associated with a stationary object or a traffic feature;
- determining, by the one or more processors, that the stationary object or the traffic feature is included in the map data stored in the memory;
- and
- performing, by the one or more processors, the map check by comparing the received sensor data to the map data stored in the memory,
- wherein the one or more processors are configured to select an operation mode from a plurality of operation modes for the vehicle based on a result of the map check, and operate the vehicle in the selected operation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.