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Vehicle radar perception and localization

  • US 10,082,797 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2015
  • Issued: 09/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle driving system, comprising:

  • storage media storing a map of roadways;

    a radar system configured to generate radar perception information from a region near a vehicle;

    one or more additional sensor units comprising a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system;

    a data quality component configured to determine that one or more sensor units are not providing usable data or are damaged, wherein the data quality component is configured to determine that the LIDAR system is not providing usable data or is damaged;

    a location component configured to determine a location of the vehicle on the map based on the radar perception information and other navigation related data in response to determining that the LIDAR system is not providing usable data or is damaged and to determine the location of the vehicle on the map based on data from the LIDAR system when the LIDAR system is providing usable data; and

    a drive controller configured to control driving of the vehicle based on the map and the determined location;

    wherein the vehicle driving system is autonomous; and

    wherein the other navigation related data comprises one or more of;

    satellite positioning data from a satellite positioning system;

    information received via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication;

    information received via a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication; and

    information from previous routes and trips driven by the vehicle.

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