Waymo LLC patent applications on May 8th, 2025
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC on May 8th, 2025
Waymo LLC: 4 patent applications
Waymo LLC has applied for patents in the areas of G01S7/484 (1), G01S1/10 (1), G01S7/481 (1), G01S7/4861 (1), G01S17/10 (1) G01S7/484 (1), G05D1/0088 (1), G08G1/167 (1), H04L25/0292 (1)
With keywords such as: light, view, field, environment, based, pulse, vehicle, example, bit, and objects in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC
Inventor(s): Mark Alexander Shand of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G01S7/484, G01S1/10, G01S7/481, G01S7/4861, G01S17/10, G01S17/89, G01S17/931
CPC Code(s): G01S7/484
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to systems and methods that facilitate light detection and ranging operations. an example method includes determining, for at least one light-emitter device of a plurality of light-emitter devices, a light pulse schedule. the plurality of light-emitter devices is operable to emit light along a plurality of emission vectors. the light pulse schedule is based on a respective emission vector of the at least one light-emitter device and a three-dimensional map of an external environment. the light pulse schedule includes at least one light pulse parameter and a listening window duration. the method also includes causing the at least one light-emitter device of the plurality of light-emitter devices to emit a light pulse according to the light pulse schedule. the light pulse interacts with an external environment.
Inventor(s): David Harrison Silver of San Carlos CA US for waymo llc, Qichi Yang of Foster City CA US for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G05D1/00, B60W30/18, G06V20/58
CPC Code(s): G05D1/0088
Abstract: the technology relates to detecting and responding to processions. for instance, sensor data identifying two or more objects in an environment of a vehicle may be received. the two or more objects may be determined to be disobeying a predetermined rule in a same way. based on the determination that the two or more objects are disobeying a predetermined rule, that the two or more objects are involved in a procession may be determined. the vehicle may then be controlled autonomously in order to respond to the procession based on the determination that the two or more objects are involved in a procession.
Inventor(s): David I. Ferguson of San Francisco CA US for waymo llc, Jiajun Zhu of Sunnyvale CA US for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G08G1/16, G05D1/24, G05D1/243, G05D1/43, G06V20/56
CPC Code(s): G08G1/167
Abstract: methods and devices for actively modifying a field of view of an autonomous vehicle in view of constraints are disclosed. in one embodiment, an example method is disclosed that includes causing a sensor in an autonomous vehicle to sense information about an environment in a first field of view, where a portion of the environment is obscured in the first field of view. the example method further includes determining a desired field of view in which the portion of the environment is not obscured and, based on the desired field of view and a set of constraints for the vehicle, determining a second field of view in which the portion of the environment is less obscured than in the first field of view. the example method further includes modifying a position of the vehicle, thereby causing the sensor to sense information in the second field of view.
20250150311. Low-Speed Ring with Controlled Jitter_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Kaushik Kannan of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Pieter Kapsenberg of Santa Clara CA US for waymo llc, Pierre-Yves Droz of Los Altos CA US for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): H04L25/02
CPC Code(s): H04L25/0292
Abstract: example embodiments relate to communication links, computing systems, and methods for their use. an example embodiment includes a communication link. the communication link includes a low-voltage differential signaling (lvds) driver. the lvds driver is configured to provide a differential signal that is based on a digital bit stream. the digital bit stream includes a series of digital bits that are temporally arranged based on a nominal bit period. the communication link also includes a controllable delay device. the controllable delay device is configured to provide a delay signal to the lvds driver so as to cause a rising edge or a falling edge of respective digital bits to vary in time with respect to the nominal bit period based on a predetermined sequence of delay amounts. the delay amounts represent positive and negative differences in time from the nominal bit period.
