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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Farzad Cyrus Foroughi Abari, San Bruno, CA (US);
Forrest Samuel Briggs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexander Thomas Starns, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle (AV); determining that a first sensor of the one or more sensors needs recalibration based on the sensor data. The first sensor being of a first sensor type. The method also includes sending a request to a remote management system indicating that one or more of the sensors of the AV need recalibration and a location of the AV; determining the presence of a service vehicle having a calibration target configured to calibrate sensors of the first sensor type; and initiating a calibration routine using the calibration target.