#VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE

The present disclosure relates to a computer system for a vehicle, wherein the computer system comprises processing circuitry configured to: determine a target acceleration for the vehicle; determine …

DRIVE·6d ago·1 min read

B60L15/2009 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

DETECTION OF A TIRE PRESSURE DEFECT

A computer system (600) comprising processing circuitry (602) configured to detect a tire pressure defect of a vehicle (1) comprising a first wheel (11) is provided. The first wheel (11) comprises a f…

DRIVE·Jun 17·1 min read

B60C23/06 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

ROUTE UPDATE BASED ON VEHICLE DATA

A computer system (100) for automated identification of locations of struggle during attempted route-following for autonomous vehicles (12) is provided, and includes processing circuitry configured to…

DRIVE·Jun 10·1 min read

B60W30/10 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

VEHICLE LOCALIZATION SYSTEM

A method of verifying a position of a vehicle (12) using a vehicle-mounted device, the method comprising generating first position data (304, 404, 504, 604) for the vehicle-mounted device responsive t…

DRIVE·May 27·1 min read

B60W40/12 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

BATTERY-BASED AUTOMATED VEHICLE FLEET MISSION DISPATCHING

A computer system (100) for automated assigning of transport missions to electric vehicles of a vehicle fleet (130) is provided, and configured to: for each (120-i) of a plurality of transport mission…

DRIVE·May 27·2 min read

B60L58/12 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE VEHICLES

The present disclosure relates to a computer system (100) for controlling a vehicle (10, 10a) relative to at least one adjacent vehicle (10, 10b) operating within a confined geographical area (200), t…

DRIVE·May 27·2 min read

B60W30/09 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

DETERMINING A LENS COVERAGE CONDITION OF A LIGHT-BASED SCANNING DEVICE ARRANGED IN A VEHICLE

A computer system (100; 500) comprising processing circuitry (102; 502) configured to obtain light data (110) from a light-based scanning device (20); obtain trajectory data (112) of an upcoming traje…

DRIVE·Apr 1·1 min read

B60Q9/00 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A LOAD-CARRIER VEHICLE WITH LOAD MONITORING

The invention relates to a load-carrier vehicle (1) comprising: a load container (2, 20); and a visual sensor device (3, 30) arranged at an upper part of the load container (2, 20), wherein the visual…

DRIVE·Mar 18·1 min read

B60P1/04 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ERROR WITH ANCHOR POINT DETECTION FOR AN AT LEAST PARTLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

A method for determining an error with anchor point detection for an at least partly autonomous vehicle (1) is provided. The method comprises detecting a first anchor point (A). The method comprises o…

DRIVE·Feb 25·2 min read

G01C21/28 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

OFF-ROAD ROUTING

A computer system (100) comprising processing circuitry (110) is presented. The processing circuitry (110) is configured to obtain map data (260) for route planning within a confined off-road area (1)…

DRIVE·Jan 28·2 min read

B60W40/06 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

GENERATING REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES FOR VEHICLES IN CONFINED AREAS

A computer-implemented method for optimizing a reference trajectory for an automated vehicle operating in a confined area, the reference trajectory comprising a sequence of reference data points repre…

DRIVE·Jan 21·1 min read

B60W60/0011 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A TRAFFIC PLANNING METHOD FOR A VEHICLE FLEET

A computer-implemented traffic planning method (100) for controlling a plurality of vehicles which are movable among multiple shared resources, comprising:receiving (112) a transport mission;generatin…

DRIVE·Nov 12·1 min read

B60W60/001 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

MANAGING ALEATORIC AND EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY IN REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, WITH APPLICATIONS TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL

Methods relating to the control of autonomous vehicles using a reinforcement learning agent include a plurality of training sessions (110-1, ..., 110-K), in which the agent interacts with an environme…

DRIVE·Jul 2·2 min read

B60W60/001 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A SYSTEM FOR OPERATING VEHICLES AT A WORK SITE

The present disclosure relates to a control system (200) adapted to control an operation of a first and a second vehicle (100, 102, 104) operating at a work site (150). The present disclosure also rel…

DRIVE·Jun 18·1 min read

B60R25/24 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A METHOD FOR VALIDATING AN INITIAL POSITION FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE

A method for handling a localization system (10) in a vehicle (1) is provided. The method comprises, when initializing the localization system (10), obtaining at least one current parameter, at least …

DRIVE·Apr 30·2 min read

G01C21/20 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATING AT A WORKSITE

The invention relates to a method for controlling an autonomous vehicle (10, 110) in a worksite. The method comprises the steps of: receiving (550) a predetermined trajectory of a work sequence of the…

DRIVE·Apr 23·1 min read

B60W30/143 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A METHOD FOR HANDLING FAILURES IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

A method for handling failures in an autonomous vehicle (1) is provided. The method comprises detecting a failure in the autonomous vehicle (1). The method further comprises determining whether the au…

DRIVE·Apr 16·1 min read

B60W40/13 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

CONTROLLING A VEHICLE TO HAVE PREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR

A computer-implemented method controls a vehicle to have predictable behaviour after an unexpected event occurs even if the event causes there to be no safe trajectories at that particular instant. Th…

DRIVE·Mar 12·2 min read

B60W30/08 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES, IN PARTICULAR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

A traffic planning method for controlling a plurality of vehicles (v1, v2, v3, v4) is disclosed, wherein each vehicle occupies one node in a shared set of planning nodes (wp1, wp2, wp3, wp4, wp5, wp6,…

DRIVE·Jan 22·1 min read

B60W60/0025 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL GUIDED BY OCCUPANCY SCORES

A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle (no), which is movable on a surface, comprises: obtaining a world model of the surface, by which each area of the surface is associated with a probabilist…

DRIVE·Sep 11·2 min read

B60W40/06 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A METHOD FOR PLANNING A DRIVING TRAJECTORY DEFINING A TRAVELLING PATH FOR A VEHICLE

The invention relates to a method for planning a driving trajectory (T) defining a travelling path for a vehicle (100), wherein the driving trajectory (T) is intended to be followed by executing one o…

DRIVE·Aug 14·2 min read

B60W30/18036 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

GENERATING REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES FOR VEHICLES IN CONFINED AREAS

A computer-implemented method optimizes a reference trajectory for an automated vehicle operating in a confined area, for example, a mine or construction site or the like. The reference trajectory com…

DRIVE·Jul 3·1 min read

B60W60/0011 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]

A METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE WORKING SCHEME OF AN AUTONOMOUS WORKING MACHINE AT A WORKSITE

The invention relates to a method of controlling the working scheme (30, 32) of an autonomous working machine (100) at a work site (1). The method comprises the steps of: determining (S10) the absolut…

DRIVE·Aug 2·1 min read

E02F9/2045 VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB [SE]