GM Cruise Holdings LLC (20250093516). SENSOR PERISCOPE FOR EXTENDING VIEWING ANGLES
SENSOR PERISCOPE FOR EXTENDING VIEWING ANGLES
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Omar Al-ejel of San Francisco CA US
SENSOR PERISCOPE FOR EXTENDING VIEWING ANGLES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250093516 titled 'SENSOR PERISCOPE FOR EXTENDING VIEWING ANGLES
Original Abstract Submitted
the present disclosure generally relates to autonomous vehicles, and, more specifically, to systems and techniques for extending a sensor's capabilities by extending the field of view into one or more blind spots located in the environment of an autonomous vehicle. in some aspects, a method of the disclosed technology includes: determining a location of a first blind spot that is within range of a lidar sensor; positioning the reflective object according to a first pose; triggering the lidar sensor to collect sensor data during a scan cycle performed by the lidar sensor, wherein at least one portion of a light beam emitted from the lidar sensor is reflected off the reflective object at the first pose toward the location of the first blind spot. systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
