System and methods to support autonomous vehicles via environmental perception and sensor calibration and verification
US10534370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2555/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle support system, including a lighting network (100) having, a plurality of light units (106-1, . . . , 106-N) wherein at least one light unit includes at least one sensor type (110-1, . . . , 110-N), and a centralized or distributed controller (102, 105-1, . . . , 105-N), wherein a first light unit (106-1, . . . , 106-N) receives sensor data from its sensor type (110-1, . . . , 110-N), wherein the controller (105-1, . . . , 105-1) forms a local environmental perception of an area local to the first light unit (106-1, . . . , 106-N), using the received sensor data from light unit, and receives sensor measurement data from an autonomous vehicle relating to at least a portion of the area, and cross-validates the local environmental perception of the area and the sensor measurement data from the autonomous vehicle.
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