Waymo LLC (20250095485). DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO SIRENS
DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO SIRENS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
David Harrison Silver of Millbrae CA US
Angus Leigh of Mountain View CA US
Benjamin Ingram of Santa Clara CA US
Jennifer Taylor of Palo Alto CA US
Vaibhav Nangia of East Palo Alto CA US
DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO SIRENS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250095485 titled 'DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO SIRENS
Original Abstract Submitted
the technology relates to detecting and responding to emergency vehicles. this may include using a plurality of microphones to detect a siren noise corresponding to an emergency vehicle and to estimate a bearing of the emergency vehicle. this estimated bearing is compared to map information to identify a portion of roadway on which the emergency vehicle is traveling. in addition, information identifying a set of objects in the vehicle's environment as well as characteristics of those objects is received from a perception system is used to determine whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. how to respond to the emergency vehicle is determined based on the estimated bearing and identified road segments and the determination of whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. this determined response is then used to control the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.
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