Visualization of a driving scene overlaid with predictionsSystems and techniques are provided for visualizing a driving scene overlaid with predictions. An example process includes receiving sensor data collected by one or more sensors of an autonomous vehic…DRIVE·May 26·1 min readFollowG06T11/00GM Cruise Holdings LLC
AUTOMATED HONKING SYSTEM FOR COLLISION PREVENTIONSystems and methods for identifying potential collisions in which another vehicle may collide with the AV. The AV detects the other vehicle and determines the other vehicle speed, acceleration, and tr…DRIVE·Jul 10·1 min readFollowB60Q5/006GM Cruise Holdings LLC
SIMPLIFICATION OF CLOUD RESOURCE PROVISIONING USING DEFAULT WRAPPERSA system for provisioning a plurality of resources in connection with a service to be provided in an autonomous vehicle (AV) infrastructure environment is described and includes a cloud platform execu…DRIVE·Jul 3·1 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
ELECTRONIC CURRENT CONTROL AND MONITORINGSystems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for monitoring and automatically limiting an electrical current flowing to a pulsed or switching component that is voltage driven or controlled. For exam…DRIVE·Apr 17·1 min readFollowH03K17/56GM Cruise Holdings LLC
AUTOMATED LABELING OF TRAFFIC CONTROL FEATURESSensor data obtained from vehicles driving through a particular environment (e.g., a particular city or region being mapped) is used to identify and label traffic control features. Location, speed, an…DRIVE·Apr 10·1 min readFollowG06V20/70GM Cruise Holdings LLC
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH FREESPACE PLANNERPlanning, or path finding is one of many tasks performed by an autonomous vehicle (AV). Planning involves searching for and updating an optimal plan from a current pose to an end pose while avoiding o…DRIVE·Apr 10·1 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
SENSOR PERISCOPE FOR EXTENDING VIEWING ANGLESThe present disclosure generally relates to autonomous vehicles, and, more specifically, to systems and techniques for extending a sensor's capabilities by extending the field of view into one or more…DRIVE·Mar 20·1 min readFollowG01S17/931GM Cruise Holdings LLC
SWITCHABLE TERMINATIONS BASED ON DEVICE IDENTIFIER ON CAN BUSA set of devices are coupled to a control area network (CAN) bus. At least some of the devices include switchable resistors that can apply a termination resistor to the CAN bus. Identification pins ar…DRIVE·Mar 13·1 min readFollowH04L12/40GM Cruise Holdings LLC
ONLINE OCCLUSION PREDICTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESAutonomous vehicles (AVs) utilize perception and understanding of objects on the road to predict behaviors of the objects, and to plan a trajectory for the vehicle. In some scenarios, an AV may benefi…DRIVE·Mar 6·1 min readFollowG08G1/0141GM Cruise Holdings LLC
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW ADAPTIVE INFERENCE RESOLUTIONA method includes dividing an image into a plurality of patches; generating for the patches image tokens each including a halting score associated with the image token; generating a contextual feature…DRIVE·Feb 27·1 min readFollowG06V20/58GM Cruise Holdings LLC
DIRECT SENSOR LOGGING FOR VEHICLE NETWORK LOGGER SYSTEMA method for performing direct logging of sensor data in a vehicle network logging system (VNLS) installed on an autonomous vehicle (AV), the VNLS comprising a network switch connected between an onbo…DRIVE·Feb 6·1 min readFollowG07C5/008GM Cruise Holdings LLC
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE REMOTE ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENTAspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing remote assistance for an autonomous vehicle. A request for remote assistance can be received from…DRIVE·Jan 30·1 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
STREAMLINED PROPOSAL FOR REMOTE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESystems and techniques are provided for streamlining a proposal for a remote assistance system of an autonomous vehicle (AV) based on contextual similarities in remote assistance sessions that are ass…DRIVE·Jan 30·1 min readFollowB60W60/005GM Cruise Holdings LLC
ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR COMPUTING SYSTEM IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESAutonomous driving computing systems in autonomous vehicles can include semiconductor chips with varying degrees of heat dissipation. The semiconductor chips are mounted on a printed circuit board, wh…DRIVE·Jan 16·1 min readFollowG06F1/20GM Cruise Holdings LLC
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH A SMART RAMP FOR WHEELED CARRIERSAutonomous vehicles can offer affordable, accessible, and efficient transportation for passengers and cargo. For passengers with different mobility abilities, it can be a challenge to enter and exit a…DRIVE·Jan 16·1 min readFollowB60P1/431GM Cruise Holdings LLC
DETECTION OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON A VEHICLESystems and methods for detecting snow and ice accumulation on a vehicle. In particular, systems and methods are provided for utilizing on-board sensors to automate the process of detecting snow and i…DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min readFollowB60W40/13GM Cruise Holdings LLC
DETECTION OF A STUCK VEHICLE DOOR DUE TO ICE FORMATIONSystems and methods for detecting and responding to stuck vehicle doors, where the doors are stuck due to ice formation on the vehicle. In particular, systems and methods are provided to utilize diagn…DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min readFollowB60S1/66GM Cruise Holdings LLC
REMOTE RELOCATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESIt may be desirable for a remote advisor to request an autonomous vehicle to relocate to a target relocation pose using a freespace planner that has fewer constraints than the structured planner that …DRIVE·Dec 19·1 min readFollowB60W60/0011GM Cruise Holdings LLC
SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY RELOCATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING MULTI-POINT MANEUVERSIt may be desirable for a remote advisor to request an AV to relocate to a target relocation pose. In some cases, reaching a target relocation pose may involve a multi-point maneuver. Ability to perfo…DRIVE·Dec 19·1 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERSAutonomous vehicles utilize perception and understanding of road users and road objects to predict behaviors of the road users and road objects, and to plan a trajectory for the vehicle. Understanding…DRIVE·Dec 5·1 min readFollowB60W60/0027GM Cruise Holdings LLC
OPTIMIZATIONS FOR REAL-TIME SENSOR FUSION IN VEHICLE UNDERSTANDING MODELSAutonomous vehicles utilize perception and understanding of vehicles to predict behaviors of the vehicles, and to plan a trajectory. Understanding of attributes of vehicles may be improved through sen…DRIVE·Dec 5·1 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
TUNING PARAMETERS USED FOR GENERATING SIMULATED DRIVING TESTSTools can generate simulated driving tests that allow a same driving scenario to be tested at different geographical locations and with different arrangements of simulated road user(s) and/or simulate…DRIVE·Dec 5·1 min readFollowB60W60/0015GM Cruise Holdings LLC
PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF VEHICLESAutonomous vehicles utilize perception and understanding of road users to predict behaviors of the road users, and to plan a trajectory for the vehicle. Understanding subtypes and attributes of vehicl…DRIVE·Dec 5·1 min readFollowB60W60/0027GM Cruise Holdings LLC
COMMUNICATION WITH USERS FOR AUTONOMOUS DELIVERYOne or more messages may be sent to a user who is to receive an item delivered by an AV. A message may include information of an attribute of the item that triggers the generation of the one or more m…DRIVE·Dec 5·2 min readFollowH04L51/222GM Cruise Holdings LLC
FLEET-CONNECTED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATIONSystems and methods for providing vehicle information to operators and service people without the use of a tool enabling communication directly between the vehicle and the operator or service person. …DRIVE·Nov 28·1 min readFollowB60R25/24GM Cruise Holdings LLC
METRICS FOR MODELING CONSTRUCTION ZONESSystems and methods for determining metrics for construction zone detection and evaluating the performance of construction zone detection. A construction zone can be manually labeled, and the human la…DRIVE·Nov 28·1 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
USING SLICED DATA TO EVALUATE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS USED FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATIONMachine learning models for controlling AV operations may be evaluated based on sliced data. A feature category critical for an environmental condition may be identified. The environmental condition i…DRIVE·Nov 28·2 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
USING NEURAL NETWORKS TO MODEL RESTRICTED TRAFFIC ZONES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATIONThe navigation of an AV in an environment may be planned based on a model of a restricted traffic zone in the environment. Information of the environment (e.g., a vector map, information of one or mor…DRIVE·Oct 31·2 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
TUNABLE FILTERS FOR SIGNAL INTEGRITY IN REAL TIME DIAGNOSTICSSystems and methods for real time and predictive diagnostics of vehicle electronic components. Circuit boards and similar vehicle electronic devices have input/output speeds on the order of tens of gi…DRIVE·Sep 26·1 min readFollowB60W50/0205GM Cruise Holdings LLC
DYNAMICALLY WEIGHTING TRAINING DATA USING KINEMATIC COMPARISONThe present disclosure generally relates to autonomous vehicle (AV) prediction systems and in particular, to novel methods for training a prediction layer of the AV software stack. In some aspects, th…DRIVE·Sep 26·1 min readFollowB60W60/0027GM Cruise Holdings LLC
SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING RANGE AND RANGE-RATE USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSORSSystems and techniques are provided for determining range and range-rate in time-of-flight sensors. An example method includes determining a first depth map that is based on a first image frame and a …DRIVE·Sep 19·1 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SENSOR FUSIONSystems and techniques are provided for fusing sensor data from multiple sensors. An example method can include obtaining a first set of sensor data from a first sensor and a second set of sensor data…DRIVE·Sep 12·2 min readFollowB60W60/0027GM Cruise Holdings LLC
SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR OBJECT-BASED SENSOR FUSIONSystems and techniques are provided for fusing sensor data from multiple sensors. An example method can include obtaining a first set of sensor data from a first sensor and a second set of sensor data…DRIVE·Sep 12·1 min readFollowB60W60/0027GM Cruise Holdings LLC
METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE ROAD CLOSURESThe disclosed technology provides solutions for determining, by an AV, whether a roadway is closed by determining and understanding the intent of the emergency vehicle. A method comprises navigating a…DRIVE·Sep 5·1 min readFollowB60W60/0011GM Cruise Holdings LLC
METHOD FOR VISUAL DETECTION AND POSITION ESTIMATION OF ROAD FLARESThe disclosed technology provides solutions for applying a flare detection model to an image for detecting road flares in an environment by an autonomous vehicle (AV). A method comprises accessing a f…DRIVE·Aug 29·2 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
SCALABLE AND RELIABLE MONITORING OF PROTECTED ENDPOINTSApplications supporting operations of an autonomous vehicle fleet can be implemented on and supported by cluster infrastructure. These applications have endpoints where data traffic runs in and out of…DRIVE·Aug 29·1 min readFollowB60W50/0205GM Cruise Holdings LLC
PROGRESSIVE DELIVERY OF CLUSTER INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATESPlatforms to support and manage an autonomous vehicle (AV) fleet can be implemented on and supported by cluster infrastructure. Cluster infrastructure may include different clusters, such as a cluster…DRIVE·Aug 29·1 min readFollowG06F8/65GM Cruise Holdings LLC
ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR CHARGING VEHICLE FLEETSA heat transfer system regulates the flow of a coolant or heating fluid to the battery of an electric vehicle (EV). Heat transfer systems may be located at charging facilities for charging EVs in an E…DRIVE·Aug 15·1 min readFollowB60L53/62GM Cruise Holdings LLC
FAST PROBABILITY-OF-COLLISION COMPUTATIONSystems and methods are provided herein for an AV to more efficiently, quickly, and accurately determine a likelihood of collision with another object, for example, by recursive triangulation. A candi…DRIVE·Aug 1·1 min readFollowB60W60/0016GM Cruise Holdings LLC
MULTI-HEAD MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR PROCESSING MULTI-SENSOR DATASystems and techniques are provided for processing sensor data using a machine learning model. An example method can include receiving, by a machine learning model configured to perform object detecti…DRIVE·Jul 25·2 min readFollowB60W60/001GM Cruise Holdings LLC
