Systems and methods for automatically calibrating a LIDAR using information from a secondary vehicle
First Claim
1. A calibration system for calibrating a sensor of a first vehicle, the sensor being a light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) sensor, the calibration system comprising:
- one or more processors;
a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing;
a capture module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, in response to detecting that a second vehicle is proximate to the first vehicle, acquire perceived information from the sensor about the second vehicle, andacquire, in the first vehicle, vehicle information about the second vehicle by wirelessly communicating with the second vehicle using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, wherein the vehicle information identifies known characteristics of the second vehicle including at least a location of the second vehicle, and an indicator of a shape of the second vehicle; and
a calibration module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to compare the perceived information with a reference point cloud derived from the vehicle information to generate an offset that characterizes a variance within the perceived information produced by the sensor, andwherein the calibration module includes instructions to adjust the sensor according to the offset to correct the variance of the sensor.
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Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to calibrating a sensor of a first vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to detecting that a second vehicle is proximate to the first vehicle, acquiring perceived information from the sensor about the second vehicle. The method includes comparing the perceived information with vehicle information to generate an offset that characterizes a variance within the perceived information produced by the sensor. The vehicle information identifies known characteristics of the second vehicle. The method includes adjusting the sensor according to the offset to correct the variance of the sensor.
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1. A calibration system for calibrating a sensor of a first vehicle, the sensor being a light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) sensor, the calibration system comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing; a capture module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, in response to detecting that a second vehicle is proximate to the first vehicle, acquire perceived information from the sensor about the second vehicle, and acquire, in the first vehicle, vehicle information about the second vehicle by wirelessly communicating with the second vehicle using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, wherein the vehicle information identifies known characteristics of the second vehicle including at least a location of the second vehicle, and an indicator of a shape of the second vehicle; and a calibration module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to compare the perceived information with a reference point cloud derived from the vehicle information to generate an offset that characterizes a variance within the perceived information produced by the sensor, and wherein the calibration module includes instructions to adjust the sensor according to the offset to correct the variance of the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for calibrating a sensor of a first vehicle, the sensor being a light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) sensor, and storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
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in response to detecting that a second vehicle is proximate to the first vehicle, acquire perceived information from the sensor about the second vehicle; acquire, in the first vehicle, vehicle information about the second vehicle by wirelessly communicating with the second vehicle using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, wherein the vehicle information identifies known characteristics of the second vehicle including at least a location of the second vehicle, and an indicator of a shape of the second vehicle; compare the perceived information with a reference point cloud derived from the vehicle information to generate an offset that characterizes a variance within the perceived information produced by the sensor; and adjust the sensor according to the offset to correct the variance of the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of calibrating a sensor of a first vehicle, the sensor being a light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) sensor, comprising:
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in response to detecting that a second vehicle is proximate to the first vehicle, acquiring perceived information from the sensor about the second vehicle; acquiring, in the first vehicle, vehicle information about the second vehicle by wirelessly communicating with the second vehicle using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, wherein the vehicle information identifies known characteristics of the second vehicle including at least a location of the second vehicle, and an indicator of a shape of the second vehicle; comparing the perceived information with a reference point cloud derived from the vehicle information to generate an offset that characterizes a variance within the perceived information produced by the sensor; and adjusting the sensor according to the offset to correct the variance of the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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