Waymo LLC patent applications on January 9th, 2025
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC on January 9th, 2025
Waymo LLC: 5 patent applications
Waymo LLC has applied for patents in the areas of G01C21/34 (1), G01S17/42 (1), H04N23/90 (1), H04N23/73 (1), H04N23/71 (1) G01C21/3461 (1), G05D1/0088 (1), G06F13/1668 (1), G06V20/58 (1), H04N25/531 (1)
With keywords such as: autonomous, vehicle, object, device, data, pullover, location, image, pattern, and include in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC
20250012582. QUALITY SCORING FOR PULLOVERS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Salil Pandit of Palo Alto CA (US) for waymo llc, Daniella Gutlansky of San Francisco CA (US) for waymo llc, Eamonn Doherty of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Eric Friedman of Menlo Park CA (US) for waymo llc, Jonathan Pedersen of San Francisco CA (US) for waymo llc, Andrew Chan of San Carlos CA (US) for waymo llc, Gaurav Agarwal of Sunnyvale CA (US) for waymo llc, Bruce Mai of Sacramento CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G01C21/34, B60W30/095, B60W60/00
CPC Code(s): G01C21/3461
Abstract: aspects of the disclosure relate to evaluating quality of a predetermined pullover location for an autonomous vehicle. for instance, a plurality of inputs for the predetermined pullover location may be received. the plurality of inputs may each include a value representative of a characteristic of the predetermined pullover location. the plurality of inputs may be combined to determine a pullover quality value for the predetermined pullover location. the pullover quality value may be provided to a vehicle in order to enable the vehicle to select a pullover location for the vehicle.
Inventor(s): Nathaniel Fairfield of Rockingham VA (US) for waymo llc, Joshua Seth Herbach of San Francisco CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G05D1/00, B60W50/02, H04L67/12
CPC Code(s): G05D1/0088
Abstract: example systems and methods enable an autonomous vehicle to request assistance from a remote operator when the vehicle's confidence in operation is low. one example method includes operating an autonomous vehicle in a first autonomous mode. the method may also include identifying a situation where a level of confidence of an autonomous operation in the first autonomous mode is below a threshold level. the method may further include sending a request for assistance to a remote assistor, the request including sensor data representative of a portion of an environment of the autonomous vehicle. the method may additionally include receiving a response from the remote assistor, the response indicating a second autonomous mode of operation. the method may also include causing the autonomous vehicle to operate in the second autonomous mode of operation in accordance with the response from the remote assistor.
20250013586. Memory Validation_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Sabareeshkumar Ravikumar of Sunnyvale CA (US) for waymo llc, Shishuang Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for waymo llc, Feng Wang of San Jose CA (US) for waymo llc, Ji Zhang of Santa Clara CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G06F13/16, G06F12/02, G06F13/42
CPC Code(s): G06F13/1668
Abstract: one example method of testing an electrical device comprises transmitting a data pattern to a memory device of the electrical device by a controller of the electrical device to provide a written data pattern to the memory device, wherein the data pattern replicates a resonant frequency of at least a portion of the electrical device, reading the written data pattern from the memory device with the controller, and comparing the written data pattern to the data pattern.
Inventor(s): Ruichi Yu of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Kang Li of Sammamish WA (US) for waymo llc, Tao Han of Sunnyvale CA (US) for waymo llc, Robert Cosgriff of San Francisco CA (US) for waymo llc, Henrik Kretzschmar of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G06V20/58, G01S13/931, G01S17/931, G06F18/22
CPC Code(s): G06V20/58
Abstract: aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a vehicle. for instance, using a camera, a first camera image including a first object may be captured. a first bounding box for the first object and a distance to the first object may be identified. a second camera image including a second object may be captured. a second bounding box for the second image and a distance to the second object may be identified. whether the first object is the second object may be determined using a plurality of models to compare visual similarity of the two bounding boxes, to compare a three-dimensional location based on the distance to the first object and a three-dimensional location based on the distance to the second object, and to compare results from the first and second models. the vehicle may be controlled in an autonomous driving mode based on a result of the third model.
Inventor(s): Blaise Gassend of East Palo Alto CA (US) for waymo llc, Benjamin Ingram of Santa Clara CA (US) for waymo llc, Andreas Wendel of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Mark Alexander Shand of Palo Alto CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): H04N25/531, G01S17/42, G01S17/86, G01S17/89, G06T7/521, G06T7/90, G06T17/05, H04N23/45, H04N23/698, H04N23/71, H04N23/73, H04N23/90, H04N25/40
CPC Code(s): H04N25/531
Abstract: one example system comprises a lidar sensor that rotates about an axis to scan an environment of the lidar sensor. the system also comprises one or more cameras that detect external light originating from one or more external light sources. the one or more cameras together provide a plurality of rows of sensing elements. the rows of sensing elements are aligned with the axis of rotation of the lidar sensor. the system also comprises a controller that operates the one or more cameras to obtain a sequence of image pixel rows. a first image pixel row in the sequence is indicative of external light detected by a first row of sensing elements during a first exposure time period. a second image pixel row in the sequence is indicative of external light detected by a second row of sensing elements during a second exposure time period.
- Waymo LLC
- G01C21/34
- B60W30/095
- B60W60/00
- CPC G01C21/3461
- Waymo llc
- G05D1/00
- B60W50/02
- H04L67/12
- CPC G05D1/0088
- G06F13/16
- G06F12/02
- G06F13/42
- CPC G06F13/1668
- G06V20/58
- G01S13/931
- G01S17/931
- G06F18/22
- CPC G06V20/58
- H04N25/531
- G01S17/42
- G01S17/86
- G01S17/89
- G06T7/521
- G06T7/90
- G06T17/05
- H04N23/45
- H04N23/698
- H04N23/71
- H04N23/73
- H04N23/90
- H04N25/40
- CPC H04N25/531
