Waymo LLC patent applications on December 26th, 2024
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC on December 26th, 2024
Waymo LLC: 2 patent applications
Waymo LLC has applied for patents in the areas of G01S7/484 (1), G01S17/931 (1), G08G1/048 (1), G08G1/04 (1), G08G1/01 (1) G01S7/484 (1), H04N7/18 (1)
With keywords such as: sensor, emitter, time, data, light, controller, view, emit, device, and target in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC
Inventor(s): Michael Marx of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Pierre-Yves Droz of Los Altos CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G01S7/484, G01S7/481, G01S7/491, G01S17/10
CPC Code(s): G01S7/484
Abstract: one example device comprises a plurality of emitters including at least a first emitter and a second emitter. the first emitter emits light that illuminates a first portion of a field-of-view (fov) of the device. the second emitter emits light that illuminates a second portion of the fov. the device also comprises a controller that obtains a scan of the fov. the controller causes each emitter of the plurality of emitters to emit a respective light pulse during an emission time period associated with the scan. the controller causes the first emitter to emit a first-emitter light pulse at a first-emitter time offset from a start time of the emission time period. the controller causes the second emitter to emit a second-emitter light pulse at a second-emitter time offset from the start time of the emission time period.
20240430384. Adjusting Vehicle Sensor Field Of View Volume_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Simon Verghese of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Alexander McCauley of Sunnyvale CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): H04N7/18, B60W30/095, B60W60/00, G01S7/483, G01S7/497, G01S17/86, G01S17/89, G01S17/931, G01W1/06, G06V10/44, G06V10/88, G06V20/56, G08G1/01, G08G1/04, G08G1/048, H04N23/69
CPC Code(s): H04N7/18
Abstract: an example method includes receiving, from one or more sensors associated with an autonomous vehicle, sensor data associated with a target object in an environment of the vehicle during a first environmental condition, where at least one sensor of the sensor(s) is configurable to be associated with one of a plurality of operating field of view volumes. the method also includes based on the sensor data, determining at least one parameter associated with the target object. the method also includes determining a degradation in the parameter(s) between the sensor data and past sensor data, where the past sensor data is associated with the target object in the environment during a second environmental condition different from the first and, based on the degradation, adjusting the operating field of view volume of the at least one sensor to a different one of the operating field of view volumes.
