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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2022
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Daniel R Kraft, Berkley, MI (US);

Taylor A. Jakubczak, Howell, MI (US);

Amanpal S Grewal, Novi, MI (US);

Darren Khan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Ben Llewellyn, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06V 20/584 (2022.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of detecting and validating a turn light indicator in a vehicle include receiving optical perception data from an optical perception system. The optical perception data includes data describing a detected turn indicator light of another vehicle perceived by the optical perception system including a status of the detected turn indicator light. A turn indicator light signal is generated in the form of a time varying waveform based on the status of the detected turn indicator light. A duty cycle and frequency of the turn indicator light signal is obtained. An assessment is made whether the detected turn indicator light is a valid detection by comparing the duty cycle and frequency with predetermined bounds. When the detected turn indicator light is assessed to be a valid detection, then an automated feature of the vehicle is controlled based on the data describing the detected turn indicator light.


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