Waymo LLC patent applications on July 18th, 2024
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC on July 18th, 2024
Waymo LLC: 2 patent applications
Waymo LLC has applied for patents in the areas of B60W50/029 (1), B60W10/04 (1), B60W10/20 (1), B60W50/02 (1), G05D1/228 (1) B60W50/029 (1), H01L31/035272 (1)
With keywords such as: fallback, vehicle, substrate, device, light, different, altering, configurations, resources, and photodetector in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC
20240239356. REDUNDANT HARDWARE SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Emily Chi of Los Angeles CA (US) for waymo llc, Ryan Joseph Andrade of Morgan Hill CA (US) for waymo llc, Andreas Wendel of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Michael James of Northville MI (US) for waymo llc, Christian Lauterbach of Campbell CA (US) for waymo llc, Etai Bruhis of Palo Alto CA (US) for waymo llc, Christopher Kennedy Ludwick of Los Altos CA (US) for waymo llc, Alexander Zbrozek of Sunnyvale CA (US) for waymo llc, Pieter Kapsenberg of Santa Clara CA (US) for waymo llc, Zhuyuan Liu of Los Altos CA (US) for waymo llc, Daniel Rosenband of San Jose CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): B60W50/029, B60W10/04, B60W10/20, B60W50/02, G05D1/228
CPC Code(s): B60W50/029
Abstract: the technology relates to partially redundant equipment architectures for vehicles able to operate in an autonomous driving mode. aspects of the technology employ fallback configurations, such as two or more fallback sensor configurations that provide some minimum amount of field of view (fov) around the vehicle. for instance, different sensor arrangements are logically associated with different operating domains of the vehicle. fallback configurations for computing resources and/or power resources are also provided. each fallback configuration may have different reasons for being triggered, and may result in different types of fallback modes of operation. triggering conditions may relate, e.g., to a type of failure, fault or other reduction in component capability, the current driving mode, environmental conditions in the vicinity of vehicle or along a planned route, or other factors. fallback modes may involve altering a previously planned trajectory, altering vehicle speed, and/or altering a destination of the vehicle.
20240243209. Controlling Detection Time in Photodetectors_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Caner Onal of Palo Alto CA (US) for waymo llc, Simon Verghese of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Pierre-Yves Droz of Los Altos CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): H01L31/0352, G01S7/486, G01S7/4863, G01S17/89, H01L27/144, H01L31/107, H01L31/18
CPC Code(s): H01L31/035272
Abstract: example embodiments relate to controlling detection time in photodetectors. an example embodiment includes a device. the device includes a substrate. the device also includes a photodetector coupled to the substrate. the photodetector is arranged to detect light emitted from a light source that irradiates a top surface of the device. a depth of the substrate is at most 100 times a diffusion length of a minority carrier within the substrate so as to mitigate dark current arising from minority carriers photoexcited in the substrate based on the light emitted from the light source.
