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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ahditya Melkote, Foster City, CA (US);
Vishveshwar Ramanathan Subramanian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 13/00 (2021.01); G01S 15/02 (2006.01); B60G 17/00 (2006.01); B60G 11/27 (2006.01); B60P 1/00 (2006.01); B60G 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/026 (2013.01); B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B62D 1/02 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for using ball joint sensor data to determine conditions relevant to a vehicle are described in this disclosure. For example, in one example, the ball joint sensor data may be used to determine estimated steering data. The estimated steering data may be directly used to navigate through an environment, such as by the vehicle relying on the estimated steering data when planning, tracking, or executing a driving maneuver. Also, the estimated steering data may be used to verify the reliability of other steering sensor data used to navigate through the environment.