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US 2025/0018953 A1Published application
Prediction of road grade for autonomous vehicle navigation
AssigneeTORC Robotics, Inc.
InventorsHarish PULLAGURLA, Zachary MILLER, Andrew CUNNINGHAM
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Abstract
Systems and methods of predicting a grade of a road upon which a vehicle is traveling are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle system can receive sensor data from a sensor measuring a response from at least one mechanical component of the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle navigates a road; detect a speed of the autonomous vehicle; determine a predicted grade of the road based on the sensor data and the speed; and navigate the autonomous vehicle based on the predicted grade of the road.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more processors of an autonomous vehicle, the one or more processors configured to:
- receive sensor data from a sensor measuring a response from at least one mechanical component of the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle navigates a road;
- determine a speed of the autonomous vehicle;
- determine a predicted grade of the road based on the sensor data and the speed;
- and
- navigate the autonomous vehicle based on the predicted grade of the road.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors of an autonomous vehicle, sensor data from a sensor measuring a response from at least one mechanical component of the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle navigates a road;
- determine, by the one or more processors, a speed of the autonomous vehicle;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a predicted grade of the road based on the sensor data and the speed;
- and
- navigating, by the one or more processors, the autonomous vehicle based on the predicted grade of the road.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.