Control of Autonomous Vehicle Based on Environmental Object Classification Determined Using Phase Coherent LIDAR Data

Abstract: determining classification(s) for object(s) in an environment of autonomous vehicle, and controlling the vehicle based on the determined classification(s). for example, autonomous steering, acceleration, and/or deceleration of the vehicle can be controlled based on determined pose(s) and/or classification(s) for objects in the environment. the control can be based on the pose(s) and/or classification(s) directly, and/or based on movement parameter(s), for the object(s), determined based on the pose(s) and/or classification(s). in many implementations, pose(s) and/or classification(s) of environmental object(s) are determined based on data from a phase coherent light detection and ranging (lidar) component of the vehicle, such as a phase coherent lidar monopulse component and/or a frequency-modulated continuous wave (fmcw) lidar component.

Inventor(s): Warren Smith, Ethan Eade, Sterling J. Anderson, James Andrew Bagnell, Bartholomeus C. Nabbe, Christopher Paul Urmson

CPC Classification: G01S17/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES)

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