Waymo LLC patent applications on October 17th, 2024
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC on October 17th, 2024
Waymo LLC: 3 patent applications
Waymo LLC has applied for patents in the areas of G08G1/00 (2), B60Q5/00 (1), B60Q1/26 (1), G01S17/931 (1), G01S7/4861 (1) B60Q5/005 (1), G01S17/931 (1), G08G1/202 (1)
With keywords such as: vehicle, user, communication, drop, process, light, task, systems, processors, and lidar in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Waymo LLC
20240343189. COMMUNICATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Salil Pandit of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Julien Mercay of Redwood City CA (US) for waymo llc, Clement Wright of San Francisco CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): B60Q5/00, B60Q1/26, G08G1/00
CPC Code(s): B60Q5/005
Abstract: aspects of the disclosure provide a method of facilitating communications from an autonomous vehicle to a user. for instance, a method may include, while attempting to pick up the user and prior to the user entering an vehicle, inputting a current location of the vehicle and map information into a model in order to identify a type of communication action for communicating a location of the vehicle to the user; enabling a first communication based on the type of the communication action; determining whether the user has responded to the first communication from received sensor data; and enabling a second communication based on the determination of whether the user has responded to the communication.
Inventor(s): Blaise Gassend of East Palo Alto CA (US) for waymo llc, Scott McCloskey of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc, Stephen Osborn of Redwood City CA (US) for waymo llc, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G01S17/931, G01S7/4861, G01S17/10, G01S17/89
CPC Code(s): G01S17/931
Abstract: example implementations may relate to determining a strategy for a drop process associated with a light detection and ranging (lidar) device. in particular, the lidar device could emit light pulses and detect return light pulses, and could generate a set of data points representative of the detected return light pulses. the drop process could involve a computing system discarding data point(s) of the set and/or preventing emission of light pulse(s) by the lidar device. accordingly, the computing system could detect a trigger to engage in the drop process, and may responsively (i) use information associated with the environment around the vehicle, operation of the vehicle, and/or operation of the lidar device as a basis to determine the strategy for the drop process, and (ii) engage in the drop process in accordance with the determined strategy.
20240346933. FALLBACK REQUESTS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES_simplified_abstract_(waymo llc)
Inventor(s): Joshua Seth Herbach of San Francisco CA (US) for waymo llc, Philip Nemec of San Jose CA (US) for waymo llc, Nathaniel Fairfield of Mountain View CA (US) for waymo llc
IPC Code(s): G08G1/00, B60W50/00, B60W50/029, G05D1/223, G05D1/227, G06F9/46, G06F9/48, G06F9/54
CPC Code(s): G08G1/202
Abstract: aspects of the present disclosure relate to a system having a memory, a plurality of self-driving systems for controlling a vehicle, and one or more processors. the processors are configured to receive at least one fallback task in association with a request for a primary task and at least one trigger of each fallback task. each trigger is a set of conditions that, when satisfied, indicate when a vehicle requires attention for proper operation. the processors are also configured to send instructions to the self-driving systems to execute the primary task and receive status updates from the self-driving systems. the processors are configured to determine that a set of conditions of a trigger is satisfied based on the status updates and send further instructions based on the associated fallback task to the self-driving systems.
