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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2023
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Stephen G. McGill, Cambridge, MA (US);
Guy Rosman, Newton, MA (US);
Luke S. Fletcher, Cambridge, MA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for indicating occlusion information at an ego agent includes observing a spatial area from a first viewpoint of one or more first sensors associated with the ego agent. The method also includes identifying the spatial area as an occluded area in accordance with observing the spatial area from a second viewpoint of the one or more first sensors after observing the spatial area from the first viewpoint. The method further includes receiving, from a target agent, a message indicating the spatial area is occluded from one or more second sensors associated with the target agent. The method still further includes transmitting, to the target agent in accordance with receiving the message, the occlusion information indicating information associated the spatial area based on identifying the spatial area as the occluded area.