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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventor:

Kevin Lee Wyffels, Livonia, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/66 (2013.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0248 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for tracking an object. The method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a series of observations made over time for the object; selecting, by the processor, a plurality of sets of observations using the series of observations; causing, by the processor, the plurality of sets of observations to be used by at least one filter to generate a track for the object (wherein the at least one filter uses sensor data associated with each of a plurality of frames of sensor data only once during generation of the track); and causing, by the processor, operations of an autonomous robot to be controlled based on the track for the object.


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