Context-specific tolerance for motion control in autonomous vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US10452070B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US15705507

    申请日:2017-09-15

    摘要: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that employ tolerance values defining a level of vehicle control precision for motion control of an autonomous vehicle. More particularly, a vehicle controller can obtain a trajectory that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle. A constraint set of one or more tolerance values (e.g., a longitudinal tolerance value and/or lateral tolerance value) defining a level of vehicle control precision can be determined or otherwise obtained. Motion of the autonomous vehicle can be controlled to follow the trajectory within the one or more tolerance values (e.g., longitudinal tolerance value(s) and/or a lateral tolerance value(s)) identified by the constraint set. By creating a motion control framework for autonomous vehicles that includes an adjustable constraint set of tolerance values, autonomous vehicles can more effectively implement different precision requirements for different driving situations.

    CALIBRATION FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LIDAR MODULE

    公开(公告)号:US20190056484A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:US15679338

    申请日:2017-08-17

    IPC分类号: G01S7/497

    摘要: A LIDAR calibration system can detect a first set of return signals from a plurality of fiducial targets in a calibration facility for a lower set of laser scanners of the LIDAR module. The LIDAR calibration system can also detect a second set of return signals from one or more planar surfaces associated with a calibration trigger location on a road network for an upper set of laser scanners of the LIDAR module. Based on the first and second sets of return signals, the LIDAR calibration system can generate a set of calibration transforms to adjust a set of intrinsic parameters of the LIDAR module.

    INDIVIDUALIZED RISK VEHICLE MATCHING FOR AN ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20180341887A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US15602313

    申请日:2017-05-23

    摘要: An on-demand transportation management system can receive transport requests from requesting users for an on-demand transportation service for a given region, each transport request indicating a pick-up location and a destination. The system can determine a candidate set of vehicles, within a proximity of the pick-up location, to service each transport request. The system may then determine an individual risk value for each vehicle in the candidate set of vehicles for servicing the transport request, based, at least in part, on the individual risk value for each vehicle of the candidate set of vehicles, the system can select a vehicle from the candidate set of vehicles to service the transport request.

    SOFTWARE VERSION VERIFICATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20180341571A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US15602244

    申请日:2017-05-23

    IPC分类号: G06F11/36 G06F9/445

    摘要: An autonomous vehicle software management system can distribute AV software versions to safety-driven autonomous vehicles (SDAVs) operating within a given region. The system can receive log data from the SDAVs indicating any trip anomalies of the SDAVs while executing the AV software version. When a predetermined safety standard has been met based on the log data, the system can verify the AV software version for execution on fully autonomous vehicles (FAVs) operating within the given region.

    FRACTIONAL RISK PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20180341276A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US15602292

    申请日:2017-05-23

    摘要: An autonomous vehicle (AV) software management system can collect historical data of harmful events of human-driven vehicles (HDVs) within an autonomy grid on which AVs operate. For each path segment of the autonomy grid, the system can determine a fractional risk value for HDVs. The system may also receive AV data from a fleet of AVs operating throughout the autonomy grid, and for each path segment of the autonomy grid, the system can evaluate AV performance against the fractional risk values for HDVs based on the received AV data.