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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2022
Tusimple, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Zhujia Shi, San Diego, CA (US);
Charles A. Price, San Diego, CA (US);
Zehua Huang, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaodi Hou, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaoling Han, San Diego, CA (US);
Todd Skinner, San Diego, CA (US);
TUSIMPLE, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for using a rotating camera for vehicular operation. One example of a method for improving driving includes determining, by a processor in the vehicle, that a trigger has activated, orienting, based on the determining, a single rotating camera towards a direction of interest, and activating a recording functionality of the single rotating camera, where the vehicle comprises the single rotating camera and one or more fixed cameras, and where the single rotating camera provides a redundant functionality for, and consumes less power than, the one or more fixed cameras.