Calibration for autonomous vehicle operation

JS Levinson, BR Douillard, GT Sibley - US Patent 9,916,703, 2018 - Google Patents
Various embodiments relate generally to autonomous vehicles and associated mechanical,
electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless …

Early warning and collision avoidance

G Aoude, A Abufadel, K Jeanbart… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Among other things, equipment is located at an intersection of a transportation network. The
equipment includes an input to receive data from a sensor oriented to monitor ground …

Valet parking method and system

H Mielenz - US Patent 9,947,223, 2018 - Google Patents
A valet parking system for automatically bringing a vehicle to a parking space within a
predefined parking area. The valet parking system includes a central control unit and a …

Smart road system for vehicles

K Koravadi, PA VanOphem - US Patent 9,729,636, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A communication system for vehicles includes a plurality of communication
devices integrated into a road. The commu nication devices are operable to wirelessly …

Vehicle vision system with traffic monitoring and alert

K Koravadi - US Patent 10,032,369, 2018 - Google Patents
A vision and alert system of a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras configured to be
disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vision and alert system so as to have respective …

Predicting trajectories of objects based on contextual information

DI Ferguson, DH Silver, S Ross, N Fairfield… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and responding to objects in a vehicle's
environment. For example, an object may be identified in a vehicle's environment, the object …

Safely navigating crosswalks

IA Sucan, N Fairfield - US Patent 9,440,647, 2016 - Google Patents
Aspects of the disclosure relate to safely navigating cross walks by responding to potentially
occluded objects in Such crosswalks. For example, a vehicle approaches a crosswalk and …

Autonomous vehicle: object-level fusion

M Graham, T Jones, K Horne, S Lennox… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Previous self-driving car systems can detect objects sepa rately with either vision systems,
RADAR systems or LIDAR systems. In an embodiment of the present invention, an object …

Detecting objects based on reflectivity fingerprints

A Steinberg, D Elooz, OD Keilaf, O Buskila… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A LIDAR system for detecting a vehicle may include a processor configured to: scan a field
of view (FOV) by controlling movement of at least one deflector at which at least one light …

Zone driving

MS Montemerlo, DA Dolgov, CP Urmson - US Patent 9,268,332, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A roadgraph may include a graph network of information Such as roads,
lanes, intersections, and the connections between these features. The roadgraph may also …