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Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jiajun Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Christopher Urmson, Mountain View, CA (US);

David I. Ferguson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nathaniel Fairfield, Mountain View, CA (US);

Dmitri Dolgov, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 30/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode may operate a sensor to determine an environment of the vehicle. The sensor may be configured to obtain sensor data of a sensed portion of the environment. The sensed portion may be defined by a sensor parameter. Based on the environment of the vehicle, the vehicle may select at least one parameter value for the at least one sensor parameter such that the sensed portion of the environment corresponds to a region of interest. The vehicle may operate the sensor, using the selected at least one parameter value for the at least one sensor parameter, to obtain sensor data of the region of interest, and control the vehicle in the autonomous mode based on the sensor data of the region of interest.


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