SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR CLEANING AND POSITIONING

    公开(公告)号:US20240239307A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18410661

    申请日:2024-01-11

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Inventor: Juexiao NING

    Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method for sensor cleaning and positioning of the sensor on a vehicle. A system can include a mount attached to a vehicle; a sensor base; a sensor supported on the sensor base; a boom connecting the mount to the sensor base; and a tether, where the tether is connected at a first end, at least indirectly, to the sensor, and at a second end to a structure within the vehicle. The system may include a sensor cleaning array of nozzles, where combined spray patterns of the array of nozzles cover a sensor window of the sensor about a field-of-view of the sensor.

    LIDAR MIRROR SENSOR ASSEMBLY
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230242037A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-03

    申请号:US18297821

    申请日:2023-04-10

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for a LiDAR mirror assembly mounted on a vehicle, such as an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. For example, a LiDAR mirror assembly may include a base plate mounted on a hood of a vehicle, where the base plate is coupled to one end of a support arm. The opposite end of the support arm is attached to a housing. The housing includes a top housing enclosure coupled to a bottom housing platform, where a sensor and a mirror is coupled to the housing, and where the sensor is at least partially exposed through an opening in the top housing enclosure. The opening for the sensor is situated near an end of the housing furthest away from the base plate.

    TECHNIQUES TO COMPENSATE FOR MOVEMENT OF SENSORS IN A VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20210075966A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-11

    申请号:US17025257

    申请日:2020-09-18

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: Techniques are described for compensating for movements of sensors. A method includes receiving two sets of sensor data from two sets of sensors, where a first set of sensors are located on a roof of a cab of a semi-trailer truck and a second set of sensor data are located on a hood of the semi-trailer truck. The method also receives from a height sensor a measured value indicative of a height of the rear of a rear portion of the cab of the semi-trailer truck relative to a chassis of the semi-trailer truck, determines two correction values, one for each of the two sets of sensor data, and compensates for the movement of the two sets of sensors by generating two sets of compensated sensor data. The two sets of compensated sensor data are generated by adjusting the two sets of sensor data based on the two correction values.

    SENSOR HOUSING CONFIGURED FOR MOUNTING TO A VEHICLE ROOF

    公开(公告)号:US20250083603A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18830195

    申请日:2024-09-10

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: A sensor housing is provided that is configured to be mounted to a roof of a vehicle. The sensor housing includes a frame defining a plurality of cavities and a plurality of windows opening into respective cavities. The sensor housing also includes a plurality of sensors, at least some of which are disposed within the respective cavities defined by the frame. The sensors disposed within the respective cavities are oriented relative to the frame such that fields of view of the sensors that are disposed within the respective cavities defined by the frame are directed through the windows that open into the respective cavities. At least one of the plurality of sensors may include a camera mounted to the frame so as to be exterior to the vehicle and oriented such that a field of view of the camera is directed into a cabin of the vehicle.

    ADAPTIVE SENSOR CONTROL
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210405651A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17359089

    申请日:2021-06-25

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes collecting data about a surrounding of the autonomous vehicle, the data including global information of where the autonomous vehicle is positioned; deriving, at least in part based on the collected data, a perceived environment based on localizing the global information; determining a driving condition of the autonomous vehicle based on the perceived environment; modifying, according to the determined driving condition, a first configuration parameter of a sensor to adjust an amount of output data from the sensor; and simultaneously adjusting, according to the determined driving condition, a second configuration parameter for processing the output data to allow consistent data capturing and processing of the output data. A control system can employ such a method, and an autonomous vehicle can utilize such a control system.

    LIDAR MIRROR SENSOR ASSEMBLY
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240399959A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18800658

    申请日:2024-08-12

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for a LiDAR mirror assembly mounted on a vehicle, such as an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. For example, a LiDAR mirror assembly may include a base plate mounted on a hood of a vehicle, where the base plate is coupled to one end of a support arm. The opposite end of the support arm is attached to a housing. The housing includes a top housing enclosure coupled to a bottom housing platform, where a sensor and a mirror is coupled to the housing, and where the sensor is at least partially exposed through an opening in the top housing enclosure. The opening for the sensor is situated near an end of the housing furthest away from the base plate.

    ANGLE AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENTS FOR VEHICLES WITH MULTIPLE DRIVABLE SECTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240375463A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-14

    申请号:US18783294

    申请日:2024-07-24

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: Techniques are described for measuring angle and/or orientation of a rear drivable section (e.g., a trailer unit of a semi-trailer truck) relative to a front drivable section (e.g., a tractor unit of the semi-trailer truck) using an example rotary encoder assembly. The example rotary encoder assembly comprises a base surface; a housing that includes a second end that is connected to the base surface and a first end that is at least partially open and is coupled to a housing cap; and a rotary encoder that is located in the housing in between the base surface and the housing cap, where the rotary encoder includes a rotatable shaft that protrudes from a first hole located in the housing cap, and where a top of the rotatable shaft located away from the rotary encoder is coupled to magnet(s).

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