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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vlad Constantin Cardei, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); H04N 23/23 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0033 (2013.01); H04N 23/23 (2023.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for an autonomous vehicle navigation maintenance system. In one aspect, an autonomous vehicle monitoring system includes a mounting surface located on an autonomous vehicle, and a thermal imaging system affixed to the mounting surface, the thermal imaging system including a thermal imaging camera, a replaceable filter, and a filter fixture configured to affix the replaceable filter to the thermal imaging camera and aligned with an optical axis of the thermal imaging camera, and where maintenance of the replaceable filter does not include re-calibrating the thermal imaging camera.