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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:
Apr. 19, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Motional Ad Llc, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Zachary Thomas Batts, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Ludong Sun, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Ky Woodard, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Qian Wang, Allison Park, PA (US);

Yiming Zhao, Allison Park, PA (US);

Stephanie Lee, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Lin Zhao, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Motional AD LLC, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/068 (2012.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); E01H 1/05 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/068 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 50/00 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); E01H 1/053 (2013.01); G05B 13/029 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0026 (2013.01); B60W 2552/20 (2020.02); B60W 2552/40 (2020.02); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus is provided which includes a processing circuit and a plurality of sensors connected to a vehicle, where at least one of the plurality of sensors is positioned on an undercarriage of the vehicle. The plurality of sensors can detect variations in a road on which the vehicle is traveling. The plurality of sensors can also generate information corresponding to the variations of the road. The plurality of sensors can also transmit the information corresponding to the variations in the road to the processing circuit. The information collected by the plurality of sensors may then be used to augment a driving capability of the vehicle.


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