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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Aleksandra Faust, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nathaniel Fairfield, Mountain View, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting vehicle collisions. In one example, one or more computing devices may receive acceleration data of a vehicle and the expected acceleration data of the vehicle over a period of time. The one or more computing devices may determine a change in the vehicle's acceleration over the period of time, where the change in the vehicle's acceleration over the period of time is the difference between the expected acceleration data and the acceleration data. The one or more computing devices may detect an occurrence when the change in the vehicle's acceleration is greater than a threshold value and assign the occurrence into a collision category. Based on the assigned collision category, the one or more computing devices may perform a responsive action.