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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Gill A. Pratt, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
James J. Kuffner, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James M. Adler, Redwood City, CA (US);
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to detecting markers on a roadway. In one embodiment, a method includes controlling a radar to transmit a scanning signal with defined characteristics. The radar is integrated with a vehicle that is traveling on the roadway. The method includes, in response to receiving a reflected signal resulting from the scanning signal interacting with the roadway, identifying the marker from the reflected signal according to an electromagnetic signature of the marker embodied in the reflected signal. The electromagnetic signature is a response induced within the defined characteristics of the scanning signal that is embodied within the reflected signal.