#YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

ROBOTIC VEHICLE AND A SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR A WHEEL THEREOF

An assembly for a wheel of a robotic vehicle and a method for overcoming an obstacle for said robotic vehicle. The assembly comprises a first arm portion and a second arm portion, the first arm portio…

DRIVE·Oct 12·2 min read

B60G17/016 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

ROBOTIC VEHICLE AND A LID CONTROLLER MECHANISM FOR A LID THEREOF

Method of operating a lid of a robotic vehicle. The lid is operable by a motor between an opened and a closed positions. When the lid is between the opened position and a first intermediary position, …

DRIVE·Sep 28·2 min read

E05F15/611 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD AND A SERVER FOR UPDATING A MAP REPRESENTATION

Methods and server for updating a map representation of a geographical region is disclosed. For a given timestamp along a past trajectory of the SDC when the SDC has been located at a given location i…

DRIVE·Jun 29·1 min read

G01C21/3837 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM FOR PREDICTING AN INTENT PARAMETER FOR AN OBJECT ON A TERRAIN

A method for training a machine learning algorithm for predicting an intent parameter of an object in proximity to a self-driving vehicle on a terrain are provided. The method includes generating a tr…

DRIVE·Dec 8·2 min read

B60W60/00276 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD FOR PREDICTING A TRAJECTORY OF AN AGENT IN A VICINITY OF A SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE BASED ON RANKING

A method of operating a self-driving vehicle is provided. The method includes predicting a trajectory of an agent in a vicinity of the self-driving vehicle. This is done by: receiving sensor data indi…

DRIVE·Dec 8·2 min read

B60W60/001 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A SELF-DRIVING CAR

A method and device for operating a Self-Driving Car (SDC) are disclosed. The device executes in real-time a first processing pipeline including generating static attributes for a plurality of potenti…

DRIVE·Dec 8·1 min read

B60W60/001 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A SELF-DRIVING CAR

Methods and devices for operating a Self-Driving Car (SDC) are disclosed. The method includes generating a first graph-structure having nodes and edges, ranking the edges based on a priority logic int…

DRIVE·Nov 24·1 min read

B60W60/0011 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING A MANEUVER OF AN OBJECT

Methods and devices for generating data for controlling a Self-Driving Car (SDC) are disclosed. The method includes: i) receiving a section of a road map corresponding to surroundings of the SDC and a…

DRIVE·Oct 13·1 min read

B60W60/0027 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CLEANING A SURFACE OF A SENSOR ON A SELF-DRIVING CAR

There is provided a delivery unit for a cleaning system and a method of operation. The delivery unit has a liquid nozzle for delivering a liquid jet and directing the liquid jet towards a surface of a…

DRIVE·Sep 29·1 min read

B60S1/56 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

MULTISPECTRAL LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS

An optical system and method for controlling the system, and a self-driving vehicle connected thereto. The optical system includes a housing; a first light source configured to emit light in a first w…

DRIVE·Apr 14·1 min read

B60W60/001 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SELF-DRIVING CAR

Method and device for controlling operation of a Self-Driving Car. The method includes determining route-level and lane-level information for generating a graph-structure, applying a first model for a…

DRIVE·Oct 28·2 min read

B60W30/0953 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING LIDAR SENSOR DATA

Method and device for processing LIDAR sensor data are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a first dataset and a second dataset having pluralities of data points; matching at least some of the p…

DRIVE·Jul 22·2 min read

G01S7/4876 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING LIDAR SENSOR DATA

Method and device for processing LIDAR sensor data are disclosed. The method includes (i) receiving from the LIDAR sensor a first dataset having a plurality of first data points representative of resp…

DRIVE·Jul 22·1 min read

B60W60/001 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHODS AND PROCESSORS FOR CONTROLLING STEERING OF SELF-DRIVING CAR

A method and processor for controlling steering of a Self-Driving Car (SDC) are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring SDC state data associated with vertices in a graph-structure, using the SDC st…

DRIVE·Jul 1·2 min read

B62D15/025 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING REFERENCE PATH OF SELF DRIVING CAR (SDC)

A method and device for amending a reference path associated with a vehicle are disclosed. The method includes: (i) acquiring road segment data and reference path data, the reference path data having …

DRIVE·Jul 1·1 min read

B60W60/0015 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTING DATA FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SELF DRIVING CAR (SDC)

Methods and devices for generating data for controlling a Self-Driving Car (SDC) are disclosed. The method includes: (i) acquiring a predicted object trajectory for an object, (ii) acquiring a set of …

DRIVE·Jul 1·2 min read

B60W60/001 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHODS AND PROCESSORS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SELF-DRIVING CAR

Methods and devices for controlling operation of a Self-Driving Car (SDC) are disclosed. The method includes, at a first moment in time during an approach of the SDC to a crosswalk: identifying, an ob…

DRIVE·Jul 1·1 min read

B60W30/18154 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING FUTURE EVENT IN SELF DRIVING CAR (SDC)

Methods and devices for generating a trajectory for a self-driving car (SDC) are disclosed. The method includes: for a given one of the plurality of trajectory points of a given trajectory: (i) determ…

DRIVE·Jul 1·2 min read

B60W30/0956 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TRAJECTORY FOR SELF-DRIVING CAR (SDC)

A method and an electronic device for generating a trajectory of a Self-Driving Car (SDC) are provided. The method comprises: determining a presence of at least one third-party object around the SDC; …

DRIVE·Jun 24·1 min read

B60W60/00274 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

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

METHOD AND COMPUTER DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING LIDAR SYSTEM

Methods and devices for determining axis of symmetry of self-driving vehicle (SDV) and for calibrating a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system are disclosed. One of the axes of the system of coor…

DRIVE·May 6·2 min read

G01S7/497 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC

METHOD AND PROCESSOR FOR CONTROLLING IN-LANE MOVEMENT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

A method and a processor for controlling in-lane movement of a Self-Driving Vehicle (SDV) are provided. The method comprises: acquiring initial kinematic data associated with an obstacle; determining …

DRIVE·May 6·1 min read

B60W60/0025 YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC