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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:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2020
Applicant:

GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sandeep Gangundi, Milpitas, CA (US);

Avinash Nair, Mexico City, MX;

Abdelrahman Elogeel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Kyle Vogt, San Francisco, CA (US);

Cornelis Jacob Lekkerkerker, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/493 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4876 (2013.01); G01S 7/4802 (2013.01); G01S 7/493 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01);
Abstract

The subject disclosure relates to ways to identify self-hit data collected by autonomous vehicle (AV) sensors. In some aspects, a method of the disclosed technology includes steps for generating a geometric model of an autonomous vehicle (AV), wherein the geometric model specifies physical boundaries of the AV in three-dimensional (3D) space, collecting sensor data for an environment around the AV, and identifying one or more data points, from among the collected sensor data, that correspond with a surface of the AV. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.


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