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Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Armstrong-Crews, Mountain View, CA (US);

Mayank Singal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/4048 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method includes obtaining, by a processing device, radar sensor data from a driving environment of an autonomous vehicle (AV). The radar sensor data corresponds to a field-of-view (FOV) of a radar sensor of the AV. The method further includes identifying, by the processing device from the radar sensor data, a potential occlusion within the driving environment, obtaining, by the processing device, non-radar sensor data from the driving environment, the non-radar sensor data corresponding to a FOV of a non-radar sensor of the AV, determining, by the processing device from the non-radar sensor data, whether the potential occlusion is a false occlusion, and in response to determining that the potential occlusion is a false occlusion, removing, by the processing device, the false occlusion from the FOV of the radar sensor.


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