Control of dynamic scene motion by vehicle based on vehicle sensor capture

US11166009B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM Cruise Holdings LLC · US

Inventors

• Ankit Rohatgi · San Francisco, US
• Adam Cadien · San Francisco, US
• Jun-Wei Hew · San Francisco, US
• Nick Semansky · San Francisco, US
• Zhi Yuan Sherwin Lau · Berkeley, US
• Zhichang Yan · San Francisco, US
• Haven Lau · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 2, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/80
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Sensors coupled to a vehicle are calibrated using a dynamic scene with sensor targets around a motorized turntable that rotates the vehicle to different orientations. The sensors capture data at each orientation along the rotation. The vehicle's computer identifies representations of the sensor targets within the data captured by the sensors, and calibrates the sensor based on these representations. The motorized turntable may confirm that rotation has stopped to the vehicle to trigger sensor capture, and the vehicle may communicate completion of sensor capture at an orientation to the motorized turntable to trigger further rotation.