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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Aurora Innovation, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ethan Eade, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nathaniel Gist, IV, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Thomas Pilarski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aurora Innovation, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0253 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10152 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A downwardly-directed optical array sensor may be used in an autonomous vehicle to enable a velocity (e.g., an overall velocity having a direction and magnitude, or a velocity in a particular direction, e.g., along a longitudinal or lateral axis of a vehicle) to be determined based upon images of a ground or driving surface captured from multiple downwardly-directed optical sensors having different respective fields of view.