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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2019
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Jiang L. Du, Beaverton, OR (US);
Fan Bai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Wei Tong, Troy, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Utica, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle (AV) perception system and method of determining an autonomous vehicle (AV) action for a host vehicle. The method includes: obtaining onboard vehicle sensor data from at least one onboard vehicle sensor, the onboard vehicle sensor is a part of vehicle electronics of the host vehicle; obtaining edge sensor data from at least one edge sensor, the edge sensor is a part of an edge layer; generating a unified perception output based on the onboard vehicle sensor data and the edge sensor data; determining an AV action for the host vehicle based on the unified perception output; and providing the AV action to the host vehicle, wherein the host vehicle is configured to carry out the AV action.