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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhanping Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mateusz Monterial, Livermore, CA (US);
Kartheek Chandu, Dublin, CA (US);
Alexander Lesnick, Alexandria, VA (US);
Robert Vets, Seattle, WA (US);
Glenn D. Sweeney, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Brandon S. Seilhan, San Ramon, CA (US);
GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems and techniques for evaluating whether components of a sensing device are functioning properly. An example method includes obtaining a first set of measurements corresponding to a pixel from a first image frame captured by a sensor, wherein each respective measurement from the first set of measurements is associated with a different signal phase; converting the first set of measurements using an analog to digital converter (ADC) to yield a first set of digitized measurements; and determining, based on the first set of digitized measurements, a first confidence map value that corresponds to the pixel from the first image frame, wherein the first confidence map value is indicative of at least one defect in the sensor.