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OUT OF SEQUENCE PRECEPTION SYSTEM

Techniques for updating data operations in a perception system are discussed herein. A vehicle may use a perception system to capture data about an environment proximate to the vehicle. The perception…

DRIVE·Jul 18·1 min read

G01S17/89 Zoox, Inc.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TARGET ROBOT FOR SENSOR CALIBRATION

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling a mobile target robot for sensor calibration. The method comprising: receiving observation data and pos…

DRIVE·Jun 6·2 min read

G01S17/89 KAKAO MOBILITY CORP.

HIGH-DEFINITION MAP CREATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

A high-definition map creation method includes: obtaining point cloud data collected with respect to a target region, the point cloud data including K frames of point clouds and an initial pose of eac…

DRIVE·May 8·2 min read

G01S17/89 BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCI & TECH CO LTD [CN]

ENCODING LIDAR SCANNED DATA FOR GENERATING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Embodiments relate to methods for efficiently encoding sensor data captured by an autonomous vehicle and building a high definition map using the encoded sensor data. The sensor data can be LiDAR data…

DRIVE·Dec 7·2 min read

G01S17/89 NVIDIA Corporation

METHOD FOR CREATING OCCUPANCY GRID MAP AND PROCESSING APPARATUS

The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for creating an occupancy grid map, as well as a processing apparatus. The method includes: creating a current occupancy grid map based on a l…

DRIVE·Jul 20·1 min read

G01S17/89 Beijing Tusen Zhitu Technology Co., Ltd.

OBJECT RECOGNITION BY AN ACTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM

According to a method for object recognition by an active optical sensor system (), a detector unit () detects light () reflected off an object () and generates a sensor signal () on the basis thereof…

DRIVE·May 18·2 min read

G01S17/89 Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH

VIRTUAL BEAMS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF EDGE AND PLANAR POINTS IN LIDAR POINT CLOUD OBTAINED WITH VEHICLE LIDAR SYSTEM

A system in a vehicle includes a lidar system to transmit incident light and receive reflections from one or more objects as a point cloud of points. The system also includes processing circuitry to i…

DRIVE·May 4·1 min read

G01S17/89 GM Global Technology Operations LLC

System and Method for Hybrid LiDAR Segmentation with Outlier Detection

Devices, methods, and systems may obtain at least one point cloud, segment points in the at least one point cloud into a plurality of segments, train a neural network using known segments and a first …

DRIVE·Feb 23·1 min read

G01S17/89 Argo AI, LLC

Method and Apparatus for Detecting Curb Using Lidar Sensor and Recording Medium Storing Program to Execute the Method

An embodiment method of detecting a curb includes selecting road points from a point cloud acquired by a LiDAR sensor and detecting multiple consecutive points, having a constant first slope in a firs…

DRIVE·Dec 8·1 min read

G01S17/89 Hyundai Motor Company

ENCODING LIDAR SCANNED DATA FOR GENERATING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

DRIVE·Nov 24·2 min read

G01S17/89 NVIDIA Corporation

APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING DRIVING OF VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF

Provided is an apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle, the apparatus including: a camera mounted on the vehicle and configured to have a front field of view of the vehicle and acquire image data…

DRIVE·Oct 20·2 min read

G01S17/89 MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

AXIAL DEVIATION ESTIMATION APPARATUS

An axial deviation estimation apparatus of an in-vehicle sensor includes a road surface recognition unit configured to recognize a road surface by a laser radar installed in a vehicle, an estimation u…

DRIVE·Sep 29·1 min read

G01S17/89 HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PLASTICS, MACRO-PLASTICS, MICRO-PLASTICS, AND NANO-PLASTICS IN A MARITIME, ESTUATRY, OR RIVER ENVIRONMENT

A system for detecting plastics, macro-plastics, micro-plastics and nano-plastics in a maritime, estuary or river environment includes multiple detection devices and a data processing device. The dete…

DRIVE·Aug 11·1 min read

G01S17/89 Ladar Limited

IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

The present technology relates to an imaging device and an electronic device that enable construction of an imaging device that outputs information required by a user with a small size. A single-chip …

DRIVE·Aug 4·1 min read

G01S17/89 SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

DRIVE·Aug 4·1 min read

G01S17/89 SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

DRIVE·Jul 7·1 min read

G01S17/89 SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

VEHICULAR SENSING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE

This vehicular sensing system provided to a vehicle comprises a frontward LiDAR unit and a rearward LiDAR unit. The frontward LiDAR unit and the rearward LiDAR unit are arranged on a rear surface of a…

DRIVE·Jun 30·1 min read

G01S17/89 KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

TARGET DETECTION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME MOUNTED THEREON

A target detection apparatus is configured to recognize a stationary object present within a detection range of an external sensor based on map information. Next, the target detection apparatus is con…

DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min read

G01S17/89 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF SHALLOW DEPTHS IN SEMI-TRANSPARENT MEDIA

Through discrimination of the scattered signal polarization state, a lidar system measures a distance through semi-transparent media by the reception of single or multiple scattered signals from a sca…

DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min read

G01S17/89 The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate

DOPPLER-ASSISTED OBJECT MAPPING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS

Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure address shortcomings of the existing technology by enabling efficient object identification and tracking in autonomous vehicle (AV) applications b…

DRIVE·May 12·1 min read

G01S17/89 Waymo LLC

LIDAR Based Stereo Camera Correction

One example system comprises an active sensor that includes a transmitter and a receiver, a first camera that detects external light originating from one or more external light sources to generate fir…

DRIVE·Apr 14·1 min read

G01S17/89 Waymo, LLC

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING OUTPUTS OF A LIDAR

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to enhancing an output of a LiDAR sensor. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, using the LiDAR sensor, a point cloud and an a…

DRIVE·Mar 24·1 min read

G01S17/89 Denso International America, Inc.

SURROUNDINGS DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

A surroundings detection device includes an infrared light projector, an infrared camera, and a processor. The infrared light projector is configured to output infrared light by switching between a un…

DRIVE·Jan 20·1 min read

G01S17/89 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

ACTUATED SPINNING SENSOR

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a system and methods for generating three dimensional (3D) images with increased composite vertical field of view and composite resolu…

DRIVE·Nov 4·1 min read

G01S17/89 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security

SENSOR POD CALIBRATION

A sensor pod system includes one or more sensor pods with a plurality of sensors configured to collect data from an environment. A sensor pod may have an effective field of view created by individual …

DRIVE·Nov 4·1 min read

G01S17/89 Zoox, Inc.

IN-VEHICLE IMAGING APPARATUS

An illumination apparatus irradiates an object with a reference light having a random pattern to be switched for each illumination period T. A photodetector detects reflected light from the object. A …

DRIVE·Nov 4·1 min read

G01S17/89 KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

PERCEPTION SYSTEM THREE LIDAR COVERAGE

An autonomous articulated soil compactor machine can include: a machine frame; at least one cylindrical roller drum rotatably coupled to the machine frame and rotatable about a drum axis oriented gene…

DRIVE·Oct 14·1 min read

G01S17/89 Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.

Augmented Three Dimensional Point Collection of Vertical Structures

Automated methods and systems are disclosed, including a method comprising: obtaining a first three-dimensional-data point cloud of a horizontal surface of an object of interest, the first three-dimen…

DRIVE·Aug 26·1 min read

G01S17/89 Pictometry International Corp.

METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING

A method of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is provided to position a target object. Each of detected tracked objects in a surrounding environment of the target object is classified into …

DRIVE·Jul 1·1 min read

G01S17/89 Automotive Research & Testing Center

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER-BASED DETERMINING OF PRESENCE OF OBJECTS

A method of and system for processing Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) point cloud data. The method is executable by an electronic device, communicatively coupled to a LIDAR installed on a vehicle,…

DRIVE·May 27·2 min read

G01S17/89 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY DETERMINING A BATTERY CHARACTERISTIC

Included are embodiments for remotely determining a battery characteristic. Some embodiments include searching for a first wireless signal that identifies the energy storage device and, in response to…

DRIVE·Mar 25·1 min read

G01S17/89 DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY DETERMINING A BATTERY CHARACTERISTIC

DRIVE·Nov 9·1 min read

G01S17/89 DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.

Method and apparatus for calculating the probability of a collision between a vehicle and an object

The method is based on deeply resolved images of a monitored area (14) in at least one plane in which the object (16,18) is located and a current relative speed of the object and vehicle (12) at least…

DRIVE·Nov 10·1 min read

G01S17/89 IBEO AUTOMOBILE SENSOR GMBH [DE]