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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Argo Ai, Llc, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA INVESTMENTS, LLC, Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4873 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for generating operating an autonomous vehicle. The methods comprise: obtaining LiDAR point cloud data generated by a LiDAR system of the autonomous vehicle; inspecting the LiDAR point cloud data to infer a health of LiDAR beams; identifying bad quality point cloud data based on the inferred health of the LiDAR beams; removing the bad quality point cloud data from the LiDAR point cloud data to generate modified LiDAR point cloud data; and causing the autonomous vehicle to perform at least one autonomous driving operation or mode change based on the modified LiDAR point cloud data.