Motion prediction based on appearance

US11126179B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zoox, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Vasiliy Karasev · New York, US
• Tencia Lee · San Francisco, US
• James William Vaisey Philbin · Palo Alto, US
• Sarah Tariq · Palo Alto, US
• Kai Zhenyu Wang · Burnaby, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30261
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Techniques for determining and/or predicting a trajectory of an object by using the appearance of the object, as captured in an image, are discussed herein. Image data, sensor data, and/or a predicted trajectory of the object (e.g., a pedestrian, animal, and the like) may be used to train a machine learning model that can subsequently be provided to, and used by, an autonomous vehicle for operation and navigation. In some implementations, predicted trajectories may be compared to actual trajectories and such comparisons are used as training data for machine learning.