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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:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

May. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anas Lasram, South San Francisco, CA (US);

James Graham Dolan, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06T 3/4007 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor simulation system may generate sensor data for use in simulations by rendering two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional simulated environment. In various examples, the sensor simulation system uses sensor dependency data to determine specific views to be re-rendered at different times during the simulation. The sensor simulation system also may generate unified views with multi-sensor data at each region (e.g., pixel) of the two-dimensional view for consumption by different sensor types. A hybrid technique may be used in some implementations in which rasterization is used to generate a view, after which ray tracing is used to align the view with a particular sensor. Spatial and temporal upsampling techniques also may be used, including depth-aware and velocity-aware analyses for simulated objects, to improve view resolution and reduce the frequency of re-rendering views.


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