The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
May. 28, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Kevin Danford, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18172 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); G01C 21/3822 (2020.08); G01C 21/3841 (2020.08); G01C 21/3896 (2020.08); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are various technologies that pertain to controlling an AV based upon forward-looking observations of road surface behavior. With more specificity, technologies described herein pertain to controlling maneuvering of an AV in a region of a driving environment based upon an observed acceleration of an object in that region of the driving environment. A plurality of positions of an object in the driving environment are determined from output of sensors mounted on the AV. An acceleration of the object is computed based upon the positions. The AV is subsequently controlled based upon the computed acceleration.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…