Inferring State of Traffic Signal and Other Aspects of a Vehicle's Environment Based on Surrogate Data
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Abstract
A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode can obtain sensor data from one or more sensors observing one or more aspects of an environment of the vehicle. At least one aspect of the environment of the vehicle that is not observed by the one or more sensors could be inferred based on the sensor data. The vehicle could be controlled in the autonomous mode based on the at least one inferred aspect of the environment of the vehicle.
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48 Claims
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29. A method, comprising:
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obtaining, using one or more sensors, first sensor data regarding an environment of the vehicle and second sensor data regarding the environment of the vehicle, wherein the one or more sensors are operationally associated with a vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode; making a determination whether the first sensor data and the second sensor data agree regarding an aspect of the environment of the vehicle; and controlling the vehicle in the autonomous mode based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computer system to cause the computer system to perform functions, the functions comprising:
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obtaining, using one or more sensors, first sensor data regarding an environment of the vehicle and second sensor data regarding the environment of the vehicle, wherein the one or more sensors are operationally associated with a vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode; making a determination whether the first sensor data and the second sensor data agree regarding an aspect of the environment of the vehicle; and controlling the vehicle in the autonomous mode based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A vehicle, comprising:
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one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to acquire sensor data regarding an environment of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is configured to operate in an autonomous mode; and a control system, wherein the control system is configured to; use the one or more sensors to obtain first sensor data regarding the environment of the vehicle and second sensor data regarding the environment of the vehicle; make a determination whether the first sensor data and the second sensor data agree regarding an aspect of the environment of the vehicle; and control the vehicle in the autonomous mode based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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