SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL TO MINIMIZE ENERGY COST

    公开(公告)号:US20200257281A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16862132

    申请日:2020-04-29

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: A system and method for autonomous vehicle control to minimize energy cost are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating a plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations for an autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to transit from a current position to a desired destination; generating predicted energy consumption rates for each of the potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations using a vehicle energy consumption model; scoring each of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations based on the corresponding predicted energy consumption rates; selecting one of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations having a score within an acceptable range; and outputting a vehicle motion control output representing the selected one of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING HUMAN DRIVING PATTERNS TO MANAGE SPEED CONTROL FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20200241533A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16849916

    申请日:2020-04-15

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: A system and method for using human driving patterns to manage speed control for autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating data corresponding to desired human driving behaviors; training a human driving model module using a reinforcement learning process and the desired human driving behaviors; receiving a proposed vehicle speed control command; determining if the proposed vehicle speed control command conforms to the desired human driving behaviors by use of the human driving model module; and validating or modifying the proposed vehicle speed control command based on the determination.

    PERCEPTION SIMULATION FOR IMPROVED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20240192089A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18424318

    申请日:2024-01-26

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G01M17/00 B60W30/00

    Abstract: A system and method for real world autonomous vehicle perception simulation are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: configuring a sensor noise modeling module to produce simulated sensor errors or noise data with a configured degree, extent, and timing of simulated sensor errors or noise based on a set of modifiable parameters; using the simulated sensor errors or noise data to generate simulated perception data by simulating errors related to constraints of one or more of a plurality of sensors, and by simulating noise in data provided by a sensor processing module corresponding to one or more of the plurality of sensors; and providing the simulated perception data to a motion planning system for the autonomous vehicle.

    NEURAL NETWORK BASED VEHICLE DYNAMICS MODEL
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230161354A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18094363

    申请日:2023-01-08

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G05D1/0221 G05D1/0088 G05D1/0274 G05D1/0285 G06N3/00

    Abstract: A system and method for implementing a neural network based vehicle dynamics model are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: training a machine learning system with a training dataset corresponding to a desired autonomous vehicle simulation environment; receiving vehicle control command data and vehicle status data, the vehicle control command data not including vehicle component types or characteristics of a specific vehicle; by use of the trained machine learning system, the vehicle control command data, and vehicle status data, generating simulated vehicle dynamics data including predicted vehicle acceleration data; providing the simulated vehicle dynamics data to an autonomous vehicle simulation system implementing the autonomous vehicle simulation environment; and using data produced by the autonomous vehicle simulation system to modify the vehicle status data for a subsequent iteration.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL TO MINIMIZE ENERGY COST

    公开(公告)号:US20220317680A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17807709

    申请日:2022-06-17

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: A system and method for autonomous vehicle control to minimize energy cost are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating a plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations for an autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to transit from a current position to a desired destination; generating predicted energy consumption rates for each of the potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations using a vehicle energy consumption model; scoring each of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations based on the corresponding predicted energy consumption rates; selecting one of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations having a score within an acceptable range; and outputting a vehicle motion control output representing the selected one of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING HUMAN DRIVING PATTERNS TO DETECT AND CORRECT ABNORMAL DRIVING BEHAVIORS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20210309210A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17350297

    申请日:2021-06-17

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: A system and method for using human driving patterns to detect and correct abnormal driving behaviors of autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating data corresponding to a normal driving behavior safe zone; receiving a proposed vehicle control command; comparing the proposed vehicle control command with the normal driving behavior safe zone; and issuing a warning alert if the proposed vehicle control command is outside of the normal driving behavior safe zone. Another embodiment includes modifying the proposed vehicle control command to produce a modified and validated vehicle control command if the proposed vehicle control command is outside of the normal driving behavior safe zone.

    NEURAL NETWORK BASED VEHICLE DYNAMICS MODEL

    公开(公告)号:US20210132620A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US17147836

    申请日:2021-01-13

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: A system and method for implementing a neural network based vehicle dynamics model are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: training a machine learning system with a training dataset corresponding to a desired autonomous vehicle simulation environment; receiving vehicle control command data and vehicle status data, the vehicle control command data not including vehicle component types or characteristics of a specific vehicle; by use of the trained machine learning system, the vehicle control command data, and vehicle status data, generating simulated vehicle dynamics data including predicted vehicle acceleration data; providing the simulated vehicle dynamics data to an autonomous vehicle simulation system implementing the autonomous vehicle simulation environment; and using data produced by the autonomous vehicle simulation system to modify the vehicle status data for a subsequent iteration.

    PERCEPTION SIMULATION FOR IMPROVED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20210080353A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-18

    申请号:US17093172

    申请日:2020-11-09

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: A system and method for real world autonomous vehicle perception simulation are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: configuring a sensor noise modeling module to produce simulated sensor errors or noise data with a configured degree, extent, and timing of simulated sensor errors or noise based on a set of modifiable parameters; using the simulated sensor errors or noise data to generate simulated perception data by simulating errors related to constraints of one or more of a plurality of sensors, and by simulating noise in data provided by a sensor processing module corresponding to one or more of the plurality of sensors; and providing the simulated perception data to a motion planning system for the autonomous vehicle.

    DATA-DRIVEN PREDICTION-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAJECTORY PLANNING OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20240288868A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18507038

    申请日:2023-11-11

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    CPC classification number: G05D1/0221 B62D15/0255 B62D15/026 B62D15/0265

    Abstract: A data-driven prediction-based system and method for trajectory planning of autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating a first suggested trajectory for an autonomous vehicle; generating predicted resulting trajectories of proximate agents using a prediction module; scoring the first suggested trajectory based on the predicted resulting trajectories of the proximate agents; generating a second suggested trajectory for the autonomous vehicle and generating corresponding predicted resulting trajectories of proximate agents, if the score of the first suggested trajectory is below a minimum acceptable threshold; and outputting a suggested trajectory for the autonomous vehicle wherein the score corresponding to the suggested trajectory is at or above the minimum acceptable threshold.

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