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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Meyhofer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Rice, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 13/0055 (2013.01); H04N 13/0203 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sidepod stereo camera system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a sidepod housing mounted to the AV, a view pane coupled to the sidepod housing, and a stereo camera mounted within the sidepod housing. The stereo camera has a field of view extending outward from the sidepod housing through the view pane. A control system of the sidepod stereo camera system or the AV can conditionally activate and deactivate the sidepod stereo camera system when needed.