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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:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2022
Applicant:

Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andre Manfred Strobel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Mark Stephen Calleija, Mountain View, CA (US);

Aman Ved Kalia, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/181 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 11/0247 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); G01S 13/862 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93272 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93273 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93274 (2020.01);
Abstract

A sensor assembly contains at least first and second sensors configured to perform imaging from a portion of a vehicle, each sensor having a respective field of view (FOV) based on an imaging direction of the sensor, each sensor having an FOV origin. The sensor assembly is configured to be disposed at the portion of the vehicle such that (i) the first and second sensors' FOV origins are each outboard from the vehicle, (ii) the first and second sensors' imaging directions are each within 90 degrees in yaw of being parallel to the backward direction of the vehicle, (iii) the first sensor's imaging direction is closer in yaw than the second sensor's imaging direction to being parallel to the backward direction of the vehicle, and (iv) the first sensor's FOV origin is more outboard from the vehicle than the second sensor's FOV origin.


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