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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Benjamin Englard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric C. Danziger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Augenbraun, San Mateo, CA (US);
Austin K. Russell, Orlando, FL (US);
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a first sensor configured to sense an environment through which a vehicle is moving includes receiving sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the vehicle as the vehicle moves through the environment, identifying, by one or more processors and based on at least a portion of the received sensor data, one or more road portions along which the vehicle is expected to travel, and determining, by one or more processors, a configuration of the identified road portions, at least in part by determining a slope of at least one of the identified road portions. The method also includes determining, by one or more processors analyzing at least the determined configuration, an elevation of a field of regard of the first sensor that satisfies one or more visibility criteria, and causing the first sensor to be adjusted in accordance with the determined elevation.