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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2019
Applicant:

Wipro Limited, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Balaji Sunil Kumar, Bengaluru, IN;

Manas Sarkar, Barasat, IN;

Assignee:

Wipro Limited, Bangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an elevation detection system for an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) and a method for detecting elevation of surrounding of the AV. The elevation detection system includes an elevation sensor unit and a computation unit. The elevation sensor unit is configured to detect an elevation of a plurality of objects having a lower most elevation, in the surrounding of the AV to determine a boundary elevation of the road. The elevation sensor unit is vertically movable within a range of vertical positions. A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensor unit is associated with the elevation sensor unit, to detect the surrounding of the AV, having a predefined Field of View (FoV). The computation unit determines a lower limit value of the FoV and provides it to the LIDAR sensor unit for accurately detecting obstacles in the road.


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