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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Carsten Bosse, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brice Rebsamen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/045 (2012.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/045 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B60W 2510/205 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); B60W 2520/26 (2013.01); B60W 2520/28 (2013.01); B60W 2530/201 (2020.02);
Abstract
Techniques for using a set of non-steering variables to estimate an angle of a wheel are described. For example, a yaw rate, a linear velocity of a wheel, and vehicle dimensions (e.g., offset between the wheel and a turn-center reference line), can be used to estimate the angle of the wheel. Among other things, estimating angles based on non-steering variables may provide redundancy (e.g., when determined in parallel with steering-based command angles or other commanded angles) and/or may be used to validate commanded angles based on steering components.