Multimodal sensing in autonomous driving vehicles with self-healing capabilities
US11320810B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/12
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for autonomous vehicles includes a perception pipeline having independent classification processes operating in parallel to respectively identify objects based on sensor data flows from multiple ones of a plurality of sensors. The apparatus also includes a sensor monitoring stage to operate in parallel with the perception pipeline and to use the sensor data flows to estimate and track a confidence level of each of the plurality of different sensors, and nullify a deficient sensor when the confidence level associated with the deficient sensor fails to meet a confidence threshold.
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