Internal safety systems for robotic vehicles
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- sensors operative to generate sensor data for an autonomous vehicle located within an environment, wherein at least one of the sensors includes a LIDAR sensor;
safety systems, including one or more interior safety systems, one or more exterior safety systems, and one or more drive systems; and
one or more processors configured to perform actions, including;
determining, based at least in part on a first portion of the sensor data, a location of the autonomous vehicle within the environment, wherein the location of the autonomous vehicle identifies one or more of a position or an orientation of the autonomous vehicle within the environment;
calculating, based at least in part on the location of the autonomous vehicle and at least a second portion of the sensor data, a trajectory of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the trajectory indicates a portion of a planned path associated with navigating the autonomous vehicle between at least a first location and a second location within the environment;
identifying, based at least in part on a third portion of the sensor data, an object within the environment;
determining a location of the object, wherein the location of the object identifies one or more of a position or an orientation of the object within the environment;
calculating, based at least in part on the location of the object, a trajectory of the object;
determining a threshold distance based at least in part on the trajectory of the autonomous vehicle and the trajectory of the object;
selecting a safety system to activate based at least in part on one or more of the object, the trajectory of the object, or the threshold distance; and
causing the safety system to be activated.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus and methods implemented in algorithms, hardware, software, firmware, logic, or circuitry may be configured to process data and sensory input to determine whether an object external to an autonomous vehicle (e.g., another vehicle, a pedestrian, road debris, a bicyclist, etc.) may be a potential collision threat to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may be configured to implement interior active safety systems to protect passengers of the autonomous vehicle during a collision with an object or during evasive maneuvers by the autonomous vehicle, for example. The interior active safety systems may be configured to provide passengers with notice of an impending collision and/or emergency maneuvers by the vehicle by tensioning seat belts prior to executing an evasive maneuver and/or prior to a predicted point of collision.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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sensors operative to generate sensor data for an autonomous vehicle located within an environment, wherein at least one of the sensors includes a LIDAR sensor; safety systems, including one or more interior safety systems, one or more exterior safety systems, and one or more drive systems; and one or more processors configured to perform actions, including; determining, based at least in part on a first portion of the sensor data, a location of the autonomous vehicle within the environment, wherein the location of the autonomous vehicle identifies one or more of a position or an orientation of the autonomous vehicle within the environment; calculating, based at least in part on the location of the autonomous vehicle and at least a second portion of the sensor data, a trajectory of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the trajectory indicates a portion of a planned path associated with navigating the autonomous vehicle between at least a first location and a second location within the environment; identifying, based at least in part on a third portion of the sensor data, an object within the environment; determining a location of the object, wherein the location of the object identifies one or more of a position or an orientation of the object within the environment; calculating, based at least in part on the location of the object, a trajectory of the object; determining a threshold distance based at least in part on the trajectory of the autonomous vehicle and the trajectory of the object; selecting a safety system to activate based at least in part on one or more of the object, the trajectory of the object, or the threshold distance; and causing the safety system to be activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18)
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7. A method for vehicle safety system activation, comprising:
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determining, based at least in part on a first portion of sensor data, a location of a vehicle within the environment, wherein the location of the vehicle identifies one or more of a position or an orientation of the vehicle within the environment; calculating, based at least in part on the location of the vehicle and at least a second portion of the sensor data, a trajectory of the vehicle, wherein the trajectory indicates a subset of a planned path associated with navigating the vehicle between at least a first location and a second location within the environment; identifying, based at least in part on a third portion of the sensor data, an object within the environment; determining a location of the object, wherein the location of the object identifies one or more of a position or an orientation of the object within the environment; determining an object classification associated with the object; determining a trajectory of the object based at least in part on the location of the object and the object classification; selecting, from the safety systems, a safety system to activate based at least in part on the trajectory of the vehicle and the trajectory of the object; and causing the safety system to be activated. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for vehicle safety system activation, comprising:
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determining, based at least in part on a portion of sensor data, a location of a vehicle within the environment, wherein the location of the vehicle identifies one or more of a position or an orientation of the vehicle within the environment; autonomously navigating the vehicle along a trajectory, wherein the trajectory indicates a subset of a planned path associated with navigating the vehicle between at least a first location and a second location within the environment; determining a location of an object within the environment; determining, based at least in part on the location of the object, a trajectory of the object; selecting, based at least in part on one or more of the object, the location of the object, or the trajectory of the object, a safety system, wherein the safety system includes one or more of an interior safety, system or an exterior safety system; and activating the safety system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20)
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