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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2022
GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathaniel Barrett Herse, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roger Lo, San Francisco, CA (US);
GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Technologies for steering sensors in a sensor carrier structure on an autonomous vehicle (AV) are described herein. In some examples, a sensor positioning platform on an AV can include an actuator system including a motor configured to move and reposition a sensor carrier structure having a plurality of sensors; a motor controller configured to receive instructions for controlling the motor to reposition the sensor carrier structure and, based on the instructions, send to the motor control signals configured to control the motor to reposition the sensor carrier structure; one or more hoses arranged within tubes mounted to a portion of the actuator system and configured to output sensor cleaning substances through a thru-bore on the actuator system; and one or more cleaning systems configured to receive the sensor cleaning substances and spray the sensor cleaning substances on one or more sensors on the sensor carrier structure.