Operation-security system for an automated vehicle
US10571913B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 5, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2013/9319
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An operation-security system for an automated vehicle includes an object-detector and a controller. The object-detector includes at least three sensors. Each sensor is one of a camera used to determine an image-location of an object proximate to a host-vehicle, a lidar-unit used to determine a lidar-location of the object proximate to the host-vehicle, and a radar-unit used to determine a radar-location of the object proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the at least three sensors. The controller is configured to determine a composite-location based on a comparison of locations indicated by the at least three sensors. Information from one sensor is ignored when a respective location indicated by the one sensor differs from the composite-location by greater than an error-threshold. If a remote sensor not on the host-vehicle is used, V2V or V2I communications may be used to communicate a location to the host-vehicle.
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