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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:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Robert Evan Mahieu, San Mateo, CA (US);

David Pfeiffer, Foster City, CA (US);

Zeng Wang, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); G01S 2007/4975 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for identifying lidar points associated with static objects, and using such lidar points to annotate objects within two-dimensional images are discussed herein. In some examples, an object manager may receive accumulations of lidar data captured from lidar devices of a vehicle while traversing within a driving environment. In some examples, the object manager may receive a plurality of annotated images. Such annotations may identify static objects within the driving environment. In some instances, the object manager may project a lidar point into an annotated image and determine that the lidar point is associated with an annotated pixel. Based on the pixel being associated with the annotated object, the object manager may determine that the lidar point is associated with object. In some examples, the object manager may determine a subset of lidar points that are associated with the object.


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