Detection of lane-splitting motorcycles
First Claim
1. A controller for an autonomous vehicle comprising:
- one or more processing devices programmed toreceive one or more image streams;
receive one or more audio streams;
identify a plurality of vehicle images in the one or more image streams;
identify a plurality of audible features in the one or more audio streams; and
identify a potential lane-splitting motorcycle by correlating the plurality of vehicle images and the plurality of audible features.
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Abstract
A controller for an autonomous vehicle received audio streams from one or more microphones and one or more image streams from one or more cameras. The audio streams are processed to identify audio features that potentially correspond to a motorcycle. The video streams are likewise processed to identify image objects that have movement and/or visual attributes corresponding to a motorcycle. The audio features and image objects are correlated. If a correlation is identified among the audio features and image objects, then a potentially lane-splitting motorcycle may be determined to be proximate. Actions may be taken to avoid collision with the lane-splitting motorcycle, such as avoiding lane changes, signaling longer, or performing lane changes more slowly.
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1. A controller for an autonomous vehicle comprising:
one or more processing devices programmed to receive one or more image streams; receive one or more audio streams; identify a plurality of vehicle images in the one or more image streams; identify a plurality of audible features in the one or more audio streams; and identify a potential lane-splitting motorcycle by correlating the plurality of vehicle images and the plurality of audible features. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for collision avoidance comprising:
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receiving, by a controller of an autonomous vehicle, one or more image streams; receiving, by the controller, one or more audio streams; identifying, by the controller, a plurality of vehicle images in the one or more image streams; identifying, by the controller, a plurality of audible features in the one or more audio streams; and identifying, by the controller, a potential lane-splitting motorcycle by correlating the plurality of vehicle images and the plurality of audible features. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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