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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
David Pfeiffer, Foster City, CA (US);
Zeng Wang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for determining a probability that an object that has been appropriately labeled as a non-impeding object are disclosed. Non-impeding objects may be objects in an environment that do not substantially affect the operation of a vehicle in the environment, such as steam, fog, smoke, etc. A machine-learned model may classify such objects as non-impeding objects. The designation may be checked by using the lidar data and measurements associated with the lidar points associated with the object to determine a probability that the object is a non-impeding object. The lidar data may be aggregated within the individual voxels of a voxelized representation of the object for use in the probability determination.