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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. 22, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Lee Wyffels, Livonia, MI (US);

G. Peter K. Carr, Allison Park, PA (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08B 29/18 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06N 7/01 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00274 (2020.02); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 60/0017 (2020.02); G06N 7/01 (2023.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G08B 29/185 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02);
Abstract

A system may receive point cloud data that includes one or more data points associated with an object that was detected by sensors of an autonomous vehicle. The system may identify a subset of the point cloud data having data points that are associated with a likelihood of a pedestrian entering a scene with the object, determine a current probability value using a logistic function that is associated with the subset of the point cloud data, determine, based at least in part on the current probability value, a probability value representing a likelihood of the pedestrian actually being present for the subset of the point cloud data, determine whether the probability value exceeds a false alarm threshold value, and in response to the probability value exceeding the false alarm threshold value, assign data points of the subset an attribute value indicative of the pedestrian being present.


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