Sensing data exchange for field-of-view expansion in autonomous vehicles

An autonomous vehicle (AV), comprising:

• a sensing system;
• a communication interface configured to establish a communication channel with an external host having access to information obtained by a second sensing system;
• and
• a data processing system configured to:
• obtain, using the sensing system, run-time data for a first region of a driving environment of the AV;
• receive, over the communication channel, a second run-time data for a second region of the driving environment of the AV, wherein at least a portion of the second region is not accessible to the sensing system;
• and
• cause a driving path of the AV to be determined in view of the run-time data and the second run-time data.

A system comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a processing device, communicatively coupled to the memory device, the processing device configured to:
• cause a communication channel to be established with an external host having access to information obtained by a second sensing system;
• obtain, using a sensing system, run-time data for a first region of a driving environment of an autonomous vehicle (AV);
• receive, over the communication channel, a second run-time data for a second region of the driving environment of the AV, wherein at least a portion of the second region is not accessible to the sensing system;
• and
• cause a driving path of the AV to be determined in view of the run-time data and the second run-time data.