Sensor event detection and fusion

US10802450B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Ljubo Mercep · Hersbruck, DE
• Matthias Pollach · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0278
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This application discloses a computing system to implement sensor event detection and fusion system in an assisted or automated driving system of a vehicle. The computing system can monitor an environmental model to identify spatial locations in the environmental model populated with temporally-aligned measurement data. The computing system can analyze, on a per-sensor basis, the temporally-aligned measurement data at the spatial locations in the environmental model to detect one or more sensor measurement events. The computing system can utilize the sensor measurement events to identify at least one detection event indicative of an object proximate to the vehicle. The computing system can combine the detection event with at least one of another detection event, a sensor measurement event, or other measurement data to generate a fused detection event. A control system for the vehicle can control operation of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the detection event.