#Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLIES FOR AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM

Embodiments presented herein include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium or media for controlling power for a vehicle that utilizes one or more computing systems for control,…

DRIVE·Jun 19·1 min read

B60L3/0046 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

DESIGNING HIGH TDP MXM MODULE POWER SOLUTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

In one embodiment, a power circuit for an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes a first power source having a first power rating. The circuit includes a second power source having a second power r…

DRIVE·Apr 17·1 min read

G06F1/26 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLED VEHICLE OPERATING SYSTEM

A vehicle operating system (VOS) in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) can communicate with a cloud platform to automatically train AI models. The VOS collects real-time data from the ADV, and genera…

DRIVE·Mar 20·2 min read

G06N20/00 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

AUTOMATED VEHICLE PARKING

Embodiments herein relate to robust methodologies for autonomous parking. In one or more embodiments, an autonomous vehicle may determine the slope of a road based upon one or more inputs and a pre-de…

DRIVE·Jan 16·1 min read

B60W30/06 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A VEHICLE WITH REDUNDANT BRAKING SYSTEMS

Embodiments herein comprise monitoring factors related to braking of an autonomous vehicle. In response to determining, based upon data from one or more sensors, whether a failure state from a set of …

DRIVE·Jan 16·2 min read

B60T8/92 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

SKID AVOIDANCE DURING EMERGENCY BRAKING WITH CONTROL ALGORITHM OVERRIDE FOR AUTONOMOUS OR ASSISTED DRIVING VEHICLES

This disclosure provides systems and methods for deceleration control during emergency braking using control algorithm override. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-implemented…

DRIVE·Jan 9·1 min read

B60T7/22 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING AN OPEN DOOR OF A VEHICLE

Operating a vehicle with an open door creates risks. Embodiments herein consider both when a vehicle is in an autonomous driving (AD) mode and a manual mode. When in AD mode, if an occupant opens the …

DRIVE·Nov 21·2 min read

B60T8/885 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVE-OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION FOR AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE

Smooth and agile acceleration of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) that is being held at a standstill or is otherwise at a stop is important for ADV safety, efficiency, and occupant enjoyment. For e…

DRIVE·Oct 10·1 min read

B60W30/18054 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

FIRMWARE OVER-THE-AIR (FOTA) FAILURE REDUCTION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE

An autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes a computer network that includes at least one wireless gateway. The ADV also includes a plurality of network components coupled to the computer network, th…

DRIVE·Oct 3·1 min read

G06F8/65 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

ON-BOARD PARAMETER TUNING FOR CONTROL MODULE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

In one embodiment, a microcontroller unit (MCU) receives an expected state of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) from a controller of the ADV, where the controller controls motions of the ADV using a…

DRIVE·Jul 25·2 min read

B60W50/045 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

MULTI-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR BEHAVIOR PREDICTION IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING

A system generates a first variant of a first machine learning (ML) model, the first variant associated with an initial hyperparameter value. The system determines a prediction metric for the first va…

DRIVE·Jun 27·1 min read

B60W60/001 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE REDUNDANT HOLDING CONTROL TO PREVENT ROLLING

Data is received from a plurality of sensors mounted on an ADV being held to a standstill. A status of the ADV including a rolling speed of the ADV is detected based on the data from the plurality of …

DRIVE·Jun 27·2 min read

B60W30/18118 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC

FAILSAFE BRAKING SYSTEMS WITH INDEPENDENT BRAKING ACTUATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS OR ASSISTED DRIVING VEHICLES

This disclosure provides systems and methods for providing a failsafe braking system to independently backup various braking controls, such as longitudinal control, stability control, and standstill c…

DRIVE·May 23·1 min read

B60T8/885 Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC