Waymo LLC patent applications on October 10th, 2024
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC on October 10th, 2024
Waymo LLC: 2 patent applications
Waymo LLC has applied for patents in the areas of B60W10/30 (1), B60R11/00 (1), B60R11/04 (1), B60W60/00 (1), G01S13/86 (1) B60W10/30 (1), G05D1/0231 (1)
With keywords such as: autonomous, vehicle, light, zone, pulses, data, device, lidar, cloud, and point in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC
20240336251. REPOSITIONING ROOFTOP SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Atul Kumar of Palo Alto CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): B60W10/30, B60R11/00, B60R11/04, B60W60/00, G01S13/86, G01S13/931
CPC Code(s): B60W10/30
Abstract: aspects of the disclosure relate to repositioning a rooftop sensor of an autonomous vehicle when needed to reduce the overall height of the autonomous vehicle. for instance, while an autonomous vehicle is being controlled in an autonomous driving mode, a low clearance zone may be identified. an activation location may be determined based on the low clearance zone and a current speed of the autonomous vehicle. once the activation location is reached by the autonomous vehicle, a motor may be caused to reposition the rooftop sensor. in addition, in some instances, after the autonomous vehicle has passed the low clearance zone, the motor may be caused to reposition the rooftop sensor again.
20240338023. Wide-View LIDAR with Areas of Special Attention_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Bradley Templeton of Sunnyvale CA (US) for waymo llc, Pierre-Yves Droz of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Jiajun Zhu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G05D1/00, G01S7/48, G01S7/484, G01S7/4865, G01S17/10, G01S17/42, G01S17/86, G01S17/89, G01S17/931
CPC Code(s): G05D1/0231
Abstract: a system and method include scanning a light detection and ranging (lidar) device through a range of orientations corresponding to a scanning zone while emitting light pulses from the lidar device. the method also includes receiving returning light pulses corresponding to the light pulses emitted from the lidar device and determining initial point cloud data based on time delays between emitting the light pulses and receiving the corresponding returning light pulses and the orientations of the lidar device. the initial point cloud data has an initial angular resolution. the method includes identifying, based on the initial point cloud data, a reflective feature in the scanning zone and determining an enhancement region and an enhanced angular resolution for a subsequent scan to provide a higher spatial resolution in at least a portion of subsequent point cloud data from the subsequent scan corresponding to the reflective feature.
