Systems and methods of monitoring and control for trailer dynamicsTrailer detection is provided. A vehicle can determine a distance to a portion of the trailer from the time-of-flight sensor data. The vehicle can determine a doppler shift indicative of a speed of a …DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min readFollowG01S7/415TORC Robotics, Inc.
PREDICTION OF ROAD GRADE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATIONSystems 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 lea…DRIVE·May 7·1 min readFollowB60W40/076TORC Robotics, Inc.
OPTIMIZATION FUNCTION FOR TURN PLANNINGEmbodiments herein include an oversized automated vehicle having a trailer portion and tractor portion performing a J-hook turn at an intersection. The automated vehicle includes an autonomy system fo…DRIVE·May 7·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009TORC Robotics, Inc.
LANE CHANGE PATH GENERATION USING PIECEWISE CLOTHOID SEGMENTSEmbodiments disclosed herein include systems and methods for generating proposed driving paths for an automated vehicle performing a lane-change. An autonomy system continually generates reference tra…DRIVE·Apr 16·1 min readFollowB60W30/18163TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING FLUID RELEASEFluid release detection is provided. A vehicle can determine, via a first sensor, a flow rate of a first fluid, such as a headspace gas, between an environment and a reservoir of the vehicle. The vehi…DRIVE·May 22·1 min readFollowF02D41/22TORC Robotics, Inc.
PASSING VEHICLE ON SHOULDERA method of passing an object on the side of the road by receiving a first signal from a first sensor configured to detect a presence of the object positioned on a shoulder of a road; determining a fi…DRIVE·Feb 27·1 min readFollowB60W60/0015TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MONITORING AND CONTROL FOR TRAILER DYNAMICSTrailer detection is provided. An autonomous vehicle can cause a first transceiver thereof to convey a signal to energize a second transceiver coupled to a trailer. The autonomous vehicle can receive,…DRIVE·Feb 20·1 min readFollowB60D1/248TORC Robotics, Inc.
COURTESY LANE SELECTION PARADIGMEmbodiments herein include systems and methods of generating lane selection cost values to control autonomous vehicles to accommodate merging vehicles in a tapering lane (or merge lane). An autonomy s…DRIVE·Feb 20·1 min readFollowB60W60/00276TORC Robotics, Inc.
COST MAP FUSION FOR LANE SELECTIONSystems and methods of generating lane selection cost maps to control autonomous vehicles are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle system can receive a plurality of cost values from a plurality of compone…DRIVE·Feb 20·1 min readFollowB60W30/18163TORC Robotics, Inc.
OPTIMIZATION FUNCTION FOR TURN PLANNINGEmbodiments herein include an oversized automated vehicle having a trailer portion and tractor portion performing a J-hook turn at an intersection. The automated vehicle includes an autonomy system fo…DRIVE·Feb 20·1 min readFollowB60W30/18009TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MONITORING AND CONTROL FOR TRAILER DYNAMICSDetection of trailer dynamic parameters is provided. A vehicle can receive a geometry of a plurality of points of support disposed along a longitudinal axis of the trailer. The vehicle can determine a…DRIVE·Feb 20·1 min readFollowB60D1/248TORC Robotics, Inc.
LOCALIZING VEHICLES USING RETROREFLECTIVE SURFACESA method comprises receiving a first set of data associated with a plurality of retroreflective features from a vehicle; retrieving a digital map comprising vectorized data associated with the plurali…DRIVE·Feb 13·1 min readFollowG01C21/30TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING TRAILER ANOMALIES USING A THERMAL SENSORAn autonomous vehicle can include a tractor; a trailer coupled with the tractor; a thermal sensor coupled with the trailer, the thermal sensor configured to measure a temperature of the trailer; and o…DRIVE·Jan 23·1 min readFollowB60W40/12TORC Robotics, Inc.
PREDICTION OF ROAD GRADE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATIONSystems 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 lea…DRIVE·Jan 16·1 min readFollowB60W40/076TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS HORN ACTIVATION AND KIDNAPPING DETECTIONAn autonomous vehicle can include a horn; a sensor(s) configured to capture images; and one or more processors. The one or more processors can be configured to receive a sequence of images from the se…DRIVE·Jan 16·2 min readFollowG06V40/20TORC Robotics, Inc.
DIRECTIONAL PRECIPITATION FLOW RATE MEASUREMENTAspects of this technical solution can include determining, by one or more processors of a liquid collection system and based on respective amounts of liquid detected by a plurality of sensors and a v…DRIVE·Jan 16·1 min readFollowG01W1/14TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSOR CALIBRATION AT AN ENERGY SUPPLY STATIONAn autonomous vehicle can include a perception sensor and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to automatically control the autonomous vehicle to an energy supply station to resupp…DRIVE·Jan 16·1 min readFollowB60W60/0025TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISPENSING ROAD MARKINGS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SIGNALINGAn autonomous vehicle comprises a sensor, a plurality of paint dispensers, and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to collect, using the sensor, data regarding an environment surr…DRIVE·Jan 9·1 min readFollowB60W40/06TORC Robotics, Inc.
WORLD MODEL GENERATION AND CORRECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESSystems and methods of generating and updating a world model for autonomous vehicle navigation are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle system can receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors of an aut…DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min readFollowG01C21/3815TORC Robotics, Inc.
WORLD MODEL GENERATION AND CORRECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESSystems and methods of generating and updating a world model for autonomous vehicle navigation are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle system can receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors of an aut…DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min readFollowG01C21/3859TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING FLUID RELEASEFluid release detection is provided. A vehicle can determine, via a first sensor, a flow rate of a first fluid, such as a headspace gas, between an environment and a reservoir of the vehicle. The vehi…DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min readFollowB60W50/0205TORC Robotics, Inc.
VEHICLE PROXIMITY NOTIFICATIONAspects of this technical solution can include generating, by one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory, a metric based on one or more of a first aspect of a first trajectory of a vehicl…DRIVE·Dec 19·1 min readFollowB60Q1/525TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING ENERGY TO AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE VIA A VIRTUAL INTERFACEAn energy supply station can include a mechanical arm, an energy delivery receptacle, and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to detect an arrival of a vehicle at the energy suppl…DRIVE·Dec 19·1 min readFollowG07F15/00TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATION OF AN INERTIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF A VEHICLEAspects of this technical solution can include a method of calibration of a inertial navigation system of a vehicle. The method can include obtaining, from a first vehicle at a second vehicle by a com…DRIVE·Dec 19·2 min readFollowG01C25/005TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATION OF AN INERTIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF A VEHICLEAspects of this technical solution can include a method of calibration of a positioning system of a vehicle. The method can include transmitting, from a first vehicle at a second vehicle by a communic…DRIVE·Dec 19·2 min readFollowG01C25/005TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATION OF AN INERTIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF A VEHICLEAspects of this technical solution can include obtaining, from a first vehicle at a second vehicle by a communication interface coupled with the first vehicle and the second vehicle, first data indica…DRIVE·Dec 19·1 min readFollowG01C25/005TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATION OF AN INERTIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF A VEHICLEAspects of this technical solution can include transmitting, from a first vehicle to a second vehicle by a communication interface coupled with the first vehicle and the second vehicle, first data ind…DRIVE·Dec 19·1 min readFollowG01C25/005TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING ENERGY TO AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE VIA A VIRTUAL INTERFACEAn autonomous vehicle can include a sensor and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to automatically control the autonomous vehicle to an energy supply station responsive to determ…DRIVE·Dec 19·1 min readFollowB60W60/0025TORC Robotics, Inc.
LOCALIZATION ALGORITHMEmbodiments herein include an automated vehicle performing localization functions using particle scoring and particle filters. The automated vehicle performs a phase correlation operation that transfo…DRIVE·Dec 19·1 min readFollowB60W60/001TORC Robotics, Inc.
UPDATING PATH BASED ON INFORMATION FROM CB RADIOA vehicle can receive audio data indicating speech from a citizens band (CB) radio channel. The vehicle can determine a location corresponding to information in the speech. The vehicle can determine a…DRIVE·Nov 21·1 min readFollowB60W60/001TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING CHANGES IN POSE OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEA vehicle comprises a sensor configured to capture images and one or more processors. The one or more processors can be configured to receive a single image from the sensor, the single image captured …DRIVE·Nov 14·1 min readFollowB60W60/001TORC Robotics, Inc.
TRAFFIC OBJECT INTENT ESTIMATIONA method comprises periodically monitoring, by a processor, lateral position and velocity of vehicle within a predetermined distance from an autonomous vehicle, the vehicle moving in a direction havin…DRIVE·Nov 7·1 min readFollowB60W30/09TORC Robotics, Inc.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HIGH DEFINITION MAP GENERATIONDisclosed herein are methods and systems (sensors) that allow revision of HD maps for lane lines as the lane lines are created. In a non-limiting example, a method comprises receiving, by a processor …DRIVE·Oct 10·1 min readFollowG01C21/3815TORC Robotics, Inc.
LANE CHANGE PATH GENERATION USING PIECEWISE CLOTHOID SEGMENTSEmbodiments disclosed herein include systems and methods for generating proposed driving paths for an automated vehicle performing a lane-change. An autonomy system continually generates reference tra…DRIVE·Oct 3·1 min readFollowB60W30/18163TORC Robotics, Inc.
ENHANCED SIGNAGE DISPLAY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND PASSENGERSDisclosed herein are methods and systems to provide intelligent display for vehicles including a method that comprises determining data associated a road sign; retrieving driving data associated with …DRIVE·Sep 26·1 min readFollowB60W50/14TORC Robotics, Inc.
ENHANCED MAP DISPLAY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND PASSENGERSDisclosed herein are methods and systems to provide intelligent display for vehicles including a method that comprises determining, by a processor, that a current trajectory of an autonomous vehicle i…DRIVE·Sep 26·1 min readFollowB60W50/14TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH PRECISION LANE-KEEPING BY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESA vehicle can include a first camera on a first side of the vehicle and a second camera on a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side of the vehicle. The vehicle can include a processor comm…DRIVE·Sep 26·2 min readFollowB60W30/12TORC Robotics, Inc.
THREE DIMENSION WIND SPEED DETECTION USING PITOT TUBE FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLESEmbodiments described herein include an automated vehicle having a pitot tube mounted to a side-view mirror of the automated vehicle. The pitot gathers samples of wind speed information for calculatin…DRIVE·Aug 22·1 min readFollowB60R1/12TORC Robotics, Inc.
COLLISION AWARE PATH PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODSSystems and methods for path planning for autonomous vehicles err on the side of a safer road position and safer type of collision if one were to occur. An autonomous vehicle perception module detects…DRIVE·Jun 27·2 min readFollowB60W30/095TORC Robotics, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING IMAGE DATA TO ANALYZE AN IMAGESystems and methods for training and executing machine learning models to generate lane index values are disclosed. A method includes identifying a set of image data captured by at least one autonomou…DRIVE·Mar 28·2 min readFollowB60W60/001TORC Robotics, Inc.
