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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:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mingcheng Chen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Xiaoxiang Hu, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/539 (2006.01); G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 17/58 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/539 (2013.01); G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure address shortcomings of the existing technology by enabling velocity estimation for efficient object identification and tracking in autonomous vehicle (AV) applications, including: obtaining, by a sensing system of the AV, a plurality of return points, each return point having a velocity value and coordinates of a reflecting region that reflects a signal emitted by the sensing system, identifying an association of the velocity values and the coordinates of return points with a motion of a physical object, the motion being a combination of a translational motion and a rotational motion of a rigid body, and causing a driving path of the AV to be determined in view of the motion of the physical object.


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