Waymo LLC patent applications on October 24th, 2024
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC on October 24th, 2024
Waymo LLC: 4 patent applications
Waymo LLC has applied for patents in the areas of B60W60/00 (2), G08G1/16 (2), B60W40/09 (1), B60W50/06 (1), B60W50/14 (1) B60W40/09 (1), B60W60/0025 (1), G01J5/59 (1), G08G1/0133 (1)
With keywords such as: destination, infrared, light, polarization, traffic, driving, object, operations, information, and driver in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC
Inventor(s): David Harrison Silver of San Carlos CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): B60W40/09, B60W50/06, B60W50/14, B60W60/00, G01C21/30, G08G1/16
CPC Code(s): B60W40/09
Abstract: the technology relates to identifying and addressing aberrant driver behavior. various driving operations may be evaluated over different time scales and driving distances. the system can detect driving errors and suboptimal maneuvering, which are evaluated by an onboard driver assistance system and compared against a model of expected driver behavior. the result of this comparison can be used to alert the driver or take immediate corrective driving action. it may also be used for real-time or offline training or sensor calibration purposes. the behavior model may be driver-specific, or may be a nominal driver model based on aggregated information from many drivers. these approaches can be employed with drivers of passenger vehicles, busses, cargo trucks and other vehicles.
Inventor(s): Salil Pandit of Palo Alto CA (US) for waymo llc, Robert Chen of San Francisco CA (US) for waymo llc, Bruce Mai of Sacramento CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, G01C21/34, G01C21/36, G08G1/133
CPC Code(s): B60W60/0025
Abstract: aspects of the disclosure relate to providing transportation services with autonomous vehicles. for instance, a first route to a first destination may be determined. the first route may have a first cost. weather information for the first destination may be received. a characteristic is determined based on the weather information. a second destination having the characteristic may be selected. the second destination may be different from the first destination. a second route to the second destination may be determined. the second route may have a second cost. the first cost may be compared to the second cost, and the vehicle may use the comparison to set one of the first destination or the second destination as a current destination for a vehicle to cause the vehicle to control itself in an autonomous driving mode to the current destination.
20240353265. Systems and Methods for Infrared Sensing_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Benjamin Frevert of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Zachary Morriss of San Francisco CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G01J5/59, G01J4/00, G01J5/00
CPC Code(s): G01J5/59
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to systems, vehicles, and methods relating to imaging and object detection using polarization-based detection of infrared light. an example system includes at least one infrared detector configured to detect infrared light corresponding to a target object within a field of view. the infrared light includes at least one of a first polarization or a second polarization. the system also includes a controller configured to carry out operations. the operations include receiving, from the at least one infrared detector, information indicative of infrared light corresponding to the target object. the operations also include determining, based on the received information, a polarization ratio corresponding to the target object. the polarization ratio comprises a first polarization intensity divided by a second polarization intensity. the operations also include determining, based on the polarization ratio, that the infrared light corresponding to the target object comprises direct light or reflected light.
20240355199. DETECTING SAFETY-RELEVANT ROAD TRAFFIC CONFLICTS_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Johan Engstrom of Los Gatos CA (US) for waymo llc, Francesca Margherita Favaro of Los Gatos CA (US) for waymo llc, Azadeh Dinparastdjadid of Sunnyvale CA (US) for waymo llc, Shuyuan Liu of San Jose CA (US) for waymo llc, John Michael Scanlon of Burlingame CA (US) for waymo llc, Trent William Victor of London (GB) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G08G1/01, G08G1/16
CPC Code(s): G08G1/0133
Abstract: methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for automatically designating traffic scenarios as safety-relevant traffic conflicts between agents in a driving environment. one of the methods includes receiving data representing a traffic scenario involving two agents; computing a safety-relevant metric for a first plurality of time points of the traffic scenario; computing a surprise metric for a second plurality of time points of the traffic scenario; determining that the surprise metric satisfies a surprise threshold within a threshold time window of the safety-relevant metric satisfying a safety-relevant threshold; and in response, designating the traffic scenario as a safety-relevant traffic conflict.
