Assisted perception for autonomous vehicles
First Claim
1. An autonomous vehicle comprising:
- a set of sensors configured to receive data, wherein the data represents objects of an environment of the autonomous vehicle;
a control system, configured to operate the autonomous vehicle; and
one or more processors configured to;
determine, based on the received data, at least one object of the environment that has a detection confidence below a threshold, wherein the detection confidence is indicative of a likelihood that the determined object is correctly identified in the environment; and
based on the at least one object having a detection confidence below the threshold;
determine at least one natural-language question associated with the at least one object having a detection confidence below the threshold,cause the natural-language question to be displayed to a human operator;
receive an answer to the at least one natural-language question from the human operator providing an object indication, andprovide instructions to control the autonomous vehicle by the control system based on the object indication.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing supplemental identification abilities to an autonomous vehicle system. The sensor unit of the vehicle may be configured to receive data indicating an environment of the vehicle, while the control system may be configured to operate the vehicle. The vehicle may also include a processing unit configured to analyze the data indicating the environment to determine at least one object having a detection confidence below a threshold. Based on the at least one object having a detection confidence below a threshold, the processor may communicate at least a subset of the data indicating the environment for further processing. The vehicle is also configured to receive an indication of an object confirmation of the subset of the data. Based on the object confirmation of the subset of the data, the processor may alter the control of the vehicle by the control system.
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20 Claims
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1. An autonomous vehicle comprising:
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a set of sensors configured to receive data, wherein the data represents objects of an environment of the autonomous vehicle; a control system, configured to operate the autonomous vehicle; and one or more processors configured to; determine, based on the received data, at least one object of the environment that has a detection confidence below a threshold, wherein the detection confidence is indicative of a likelihood that the determined object is correctly identified in the environment; and based on the at least one object having a detection confidence below the threshold; determine at least one natural-language question associated with the at least one object having a detection confidence below the threshold, cause the natural-language question to be displayed to a human operator; receive an answer to the at least one natural-language question from the human operator providing an object indication, and provide instructions to control the autonomous vehicle by the control system based on the object indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving data by a set of sensors, wherein the data represents objects of an environment of an autonomous vehicle; operating the autonomous vehicle by a control system; determining, by a processor, based on the received data, at least one object of the environment that has a detection confidence below a threshold, wherein the detection confidence is indicative of a likelihood that the determined object is correctly identified in the environment; and based on the at least one object having a detection confidence below the threshold, the processor; determining at least one natural-language question associated with the at least one object having a detection confidence below the threshold, causing the natural-language question to be displayed to a human operator; receiving an answer to the at least one natural-language question from the human operator providing an object indication, and providing instructions to control the autonomous vehicle by the control system based on the object indication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor in a vehicle system, causes the vehicle system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving data by a set of sensors, wherein the data represents objects of an environment of an autonomous vehicle; determining based on the received data, at least one object of the environment that has a detection confidence below a threshold, wherein the detection confidence is indicative of a likelihood that the determined object is correctly identified in the environment; and based on the at least one object having a detection confidence below the threshold; determining at least one natural-language question associated with the at least one object having a detection confidence below the threshold, causing the natural-language question to be displayed to a human operator; receiving an answer to the at least one natural-language question from the human operator providing an object indication, and providing instructions to control the autonomous vehicle by the control system based on the object indication. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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