Waymo LLC patent applications on January 16th, 2025

Patent Applications by Waymo LLC on January 16th, 2025

Waymo LLC: 6 patent applications

Waymo LLC has applied for patents in the areas of B60W60/00 (3), G06V10/44 (2), G06V10/25 (1), H04N23/63 (1), G06T15/20 (1) B60W60/001 (1), B60W60/0011 (1), B60W60/00253 (1), G06T7/20 (1), G06T7/223 (1)

With keywords such as: vehicle, image, frame, images, computing, camera, autonomous, lidar, pullover, and proposed in patent application abstracts.

Patent Applications by Waymo LLC

20250018976. SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS OF TRANSFER HUBS FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCKING SYSTEMS_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)

Inventor(s): Charles Jatt of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Andre Strobel of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Matt Carroll of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Shai Ben Nun of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Brad Luscher of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc

IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, B60S5/02, B60W30/02, B60W30/06, B67D7/04

CPC Code(s): B60W60/001

Abstract: aspects and implementations of the present disclosure relate, generally, to optimization of autonomous vehicle (av) technology and, more specifically, to a transfer hub for autonomous trucking operations. in one example, the disclosed techniques include obtaining, at a first time, one or more first images of an outside environment of an av and shutting down a data processing system of the av. the techniques further include initiating a starting-up of the data processing system of the av and obtaining, at a second time, one or more second images of the outside environment of the av. the techniques further include determining, based on a comparison of the one or more first images to the one or more second images, that the av has not moved between the first time and the second time and completing the starting-up of the data processing system of the av.

20250018978. User Interface Techniques for Recommending Remote Assistance Actions_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)

Inventor(s): Collin Winter of San Francisco CA US for waymo llc, Vishay Nihalani of San Francisco CA US for waymo llc

IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, G01C21/34, G06F3/04842, G06T11/00

CPC Code(s): B60W60/0011

Abstract: example embodiments relate to user interface techniques for recommending remote assistance actions. a remote computing device may display a representation of the forward path for an autonomous vehicle based on sensor data received from the vehicle. the computing device may augment the representation of the forward path to further depict one or more proposed trajectories available for the autonomous vehicle to perform. each proposed trajectory conveys one or more maneuvers positioned relative to road boundaries in the forward path. the computing device may receive a selection of a proposed trajectory from the one or more proposed trajectories available for the autonomous vehicle to perform and provide navigation instructions to the vehicle based on the proposed trajectory.

20250018984. Predicting a Parking or Pullover Spot Vacancy for an Autonomous Vehicle Pickup_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)

Inventor(s): Mishika Vora of Hayward CA US for waymo llc

IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, G06V20/58, G08G1/01, G08G1/14

CPC Code(s): B60W60/00253

Abstract: the technology involves to pickups performed by autonomous vehicles. in particular, it includes identifying one or more potential pullover locations adjacent to an area of interest that an autonomous vehicle is approaching. the vehicle detects that a given one of the potential pullover locations is occupied by another vehicle and determines whether the other vehicle will be vacating the given pullover location within a selected amount of time. upon determining that the other vehicle will be vacating the given potential pullover location within the timeframe, the vehicle determines whether to wait for the other vehicle to vacate the given pullover location. then a driving system of the vehicle either performs a first action in order to wait for the other vehicle to vacate the given pullover location or performs a second action that is different from the first action when it is determined to not wait.

20250022143. OBJECT TRACKING ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF DISTANCES FOR DRIVING APPLICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)

Inventor(s): Qinru Li of Redmond WA US for waymo llc, Longlong Jing of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Ruichi Yu of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Xu Chen of Livermore CA US for waymo llc, Shiwei Sheng of Burlingame CA US for waymo llc

IPC Code(s): G06T7/20, G01S17/89, G05D1/02, G06V10/25, G06V10/44, G06V20/56

CPC Code(s): G06T7/20

Abstract: the described aspects and implementations enable efficient and seamless tracking of objects in vehicle environments using different sensing modalities across a wide range of distances. a perception system of a vehicle deploys an object tracking pipeline with a plurality of models that include a camera model trained to perform, using camera images, object tracking at distances exceeding a lidar sensing range, a lidar model trained to perform, using lidar images, object tracking at distances within the lidar sensing range, and a camera-lidar model trained to transfer, using the camera images and the lidar images, object tracking from the camera model to the lidar model.

20250022144. Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Retrieving Image Data of Image Frames_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)

Inventor(s): Jia Feng of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Damien Kelly of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Ignacio Garcia Dorado of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc, Xiaoying He of Mountain View CA US for waymo llc

IPC Code(s): G06T7/223, G06T1/60, G06T7/33, G06T7/55, G06V10/44

CPC Code(s): G06T7/223

Abstract: at least one processor may be configured to receive a first image frame of a sequence of image frames from an image capture device and select a first portion of a first image frame. the at least one processor may also be configured to obtain alignment information and determine a first portion and a second portion of a second image frame based on the alignment information. further, the at least one processor may be configured to determine a bounding region within the second image frame and fetch image data corresponding to the bounding region of the second image frame from memory. in some examples, the first image frame may comprise a base image and the second image frame may comprise an alternative image frame. further, the first image frame may comprise any one of the image frames of the sequence of image frames.

20250024140. CAMERA PEEK INTO TURN_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)

Inventor(s): Nirmal Patel of Sunnyvale CA US for waymo llc

IPC Code(s): H04N23/60, B60R1/27, B60R1/28, G06T15/20, H04N23/63, H04N23/69

CPC Code(s): H04N23/64

Abstract: aspects of the disclosure relate to adjusting a virtual camera's orientation when a vehicle is making a turn. one or more computing devices may receive the vehicle's original heading prior to making the turn and the vehicle's current heading. based on the vehicle's original heading and the vehicle's current heading, the one or more computing devices may determine an angle of a turn the vehicle is performing and the one or more computing devices may determine a camera rotation angle and adjust the virtual camera's orientation relative to the vehicle to an updated orientation by rotating the virtual camera by the camera rotation angle and generate a video corresponding to the virtual camera's updated orientation. the video may be displayed on the display by the one or more computing devices.

Waymo LLC patent applications on January 16th, 2025