Assisted perception for autonomous vehicles
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a set of sensors configured to receive data, wherein the data represents objects of an environment of the apparatus;
a control system, configured to operate the apparatus in an autonomous operation mode based on instructions to control the apparatus; and
one or more processors of the apparatus configured to;
determine, based on the received data, a preliminary object identification of at least one object of the environment that is in partial view of a sensor of the set of sensors that has a detection confidence below a threshold, wherein the detection confidence indicates a likelihood that the determined object is present in the environment;
communicate at least a subset of the received data for further processing to a remote computer system responsive to the preliminary object identification; and
communicate an object confirmation indicating an object identification that is different than the preliminary object identification to nearby vehicles in response to receiving the object confirmation from the remote computer system.
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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 apparatus comprising:
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a set of sensors configured to receive data, wherein the data represents objects of an environment of the apparatus; a control system, configured to operate the apparatus in an autonomous operation mode based on instructions to control the apparatus; and one or more processors of the apparatus configured to; determine, based on the received data, a preliminary object identification of at least one object of the environment that is in partial view of a sensor of the set of sensors that has a detection confidence below a threshold, wherein the detection confidence indicates a likelihood that the determined object is present in the environment; communicate at least a subset of the received data for further processing to a remote computer system responsive to the preliminary object identification; and communicate an object confirmation indicating an object identification that is different than the preliminary object identification to nearby vehicles in response to receiving the object confirmation from the remote computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving data by at least one sensor, wherein the data represents at least one object of an environment of an apparatus; operating the apparatus by a control system in an autonomous operation mode based on an instruction to control the apparatus; determining, by a processor of the apparatus, based on the received data, a preliminary object identification of at least one object of the environment that has a detection confidence below a threshold, wherein the detection confidence indicates a likelihood that the determined object is present in the environment; communicating by the apparatus at least a subset of the received data for further processing to a remote computer system responsive to the preliminary object identification; and communicating by the apparatus an object confirmation indicating an object identification that is different than the preliminary object identification to at least one nearby vehicle in response to receiving the object confirmation from the remote computer system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that, if executed by a processor in a vehicle system, causes the vehicle system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving data by at least one sensor, wherein the data represents at least one object of an environment of the vehicle system; operating the apparatus by a control system in an autonomous operation mode based on an instruction to control the vehicle system; determining, by a processor of the vehicle system, based on the received data, a preliminary object identification of at least one object of the environment that has a detection confidence below a threshold, wherein the detection confidence indicates a likelihood that the determined object is present in the environment; communicating at least a subset of the received data for further processing to a remote computer system responsive to the preliminary object identification; and communicating an object confirmation indicating an object identification that is different than the preliminary object identification to at least one nearby vehicle in response to receiving the object confirmation from the remote computer system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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