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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:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Francesco Papi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Qian Song, San Mateo, CA (US);

Stanley Lilian Volta, Mountain View, CA (US);

Allan Zelener, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 60/00274 (2020.02); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4044 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02);
Abstract

A computer implemented method. Includes: obtaining, from a sensor system onboard a vehicle, a plurality of hypotheses for an orientation of an object in a vicinity of the vehicle, relative to a coordinate system of the vehicle; estimating, based on the plurality of hypotheses, values of a probability distribution for the orientation of the object at a plurality of candidate orientations; and estimating, based at least in part on the estimated values of the probability distribution at the plurality of candidate orientations, the orientation of the object relative to the coordinate system.


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