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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2018
Applicant:

Aurora Innovation, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Warren Smith, McKees Rocks, PA (US);

Ethan Eade, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Sterling J. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

James Andrew Bagnell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Bartholomeus C. Nabbe, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Christopher Paul Urmson, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Aurora Innovation, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/095 (2012.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G06K 9/6256 (2013.01); G06K 9/6263 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/803 (2020.02);
Abstract

Determining yaw parameter(s) (e.g., at least one yaw rate) of an additional vehicle that is in addition to a vehicle being autonomously controlled, and adapting autonomous control of the vehicle based on the determined yaw parameter(s) of the additional vehicle. For example, autonomous steering, acceleration, and/or deceleration of the vehicle can be adapted based on a determined yaw rate of the additional vehicle. In many implementations, the yaw parameter(s) of the additional vehicle are determined based on data from a phase coherent Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) component of the vehicle, such as a phase coherent LIDAR monopulse component and/or a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) LIDAR component.


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