Cross-validating sensors of an autonomous vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for validating the accuracy of a sensor, the system comprising:
- one or more computing devices having one or more processors configured to;
receive first sensor information from a first sensor configured to detect objects in a vehicle'"'"'s environment;
receive second sensor information from a second sensor configured to detect objects in a vehicle'"'"'s environment;
identify a first object and a first characteristic value of the first object using the first sensor information;
identify the first object and a second characteristic value of the first object using the second sensor information, wherein the first characteristic and the second characteristic are of a same type;
determine a deviation value based on the first characteristic value with the second characteristic value; and
use the deviation value to determine whether the first sensor is accurately detecting the object by comparing the deviation value to a deviation threshold value identifying an acceptable amount of difference between the first and second characteristic values; and
when the comparison indicates that the deviation value does not meet the deviation threshold value, determine that the first sensor has had an operational failure.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for cross-validating a second sensor with a first sensor. Cross-validating the second sensor may include obtaining sensor readings from the first sensor and comparing the sensor readings from the first sensor with sensor readings obtained from the second sensor. In particular, the comparison of the sensor readings may include comparing state information about a vehicle detected by the first sensor and the second sensor. In addition, comparing the sensor readings may include obtaining a first image from the first sensor, obtaining a second image from the second sensor, and then comparing various characteristics of the images. One characteristic that may be compared are object labels applied to the vehicle detected by the first and second sensor. The first and second sensors may be different types of sensors.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for validating the accuracy of a sensor, the system comprising:
one or more computing devices having one or more processors configured to; receive first sensor information from a first sensor configured to detect objects in a vehicle'"'"'s environment; receive second sensor information from a second sensor configured to detect objects in a vehicle'"'"'s environment; identify a first object and a first characteristic value of the first object using the first sensor information; identify the first object and a second characteristic value of the first object using the second sensor information, wherein the first characteristic and the second characteristic are of a same type; determine a deviation value based on the first characteristic value with the second characteristic value; and use the deviation value to determine whether the first sensor is accurately detecting the object by comparing the deviation value to a deviation threshold value identifying an acceptable amount of difference between the first and second characteristic values; and when the comparison indicates that the deviation value does not meet the deviation threshold value, determine that the first sensor has had an operational failure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for validating the accuracy of a sensor, the method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors, first sensor information from a first sensor configured to detect objects in a vehicle'"'"'s environment; receiving, by the one or more processors, second sensor information from a second sensor configured to detect objects in a vehicle'"'"'s environment; identifying, by the one or more processors, a first object and first characteristic value of the first object using the first sensor information; identifying, by the one or more processors, the first object and second characteristic value of the first object using the second sensor information, wherein the first characteristic and the second characteristic are of a same type; determining, by the one or more processors, a deviation value based on the first characteristic value with the second characteristic value; and using, by the one or more processors, the deviation value to determine whether the first sensor is accurately detecting the object by comparing the deviation value to a deviation threshold value identifying an acceptable amount of difference between the first and second characteristic values; and when the comparison indicates that the deviation value does not meet the deviation threshold value, determining that the first sensor has had an operational failure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. The system of method 12, wherein the first sensor includes a laser and the second sensor includes a camera.
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which instructions are stored, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method for validating the accuracy of a sensor, the method comprising:
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receiving first sensor information from a first sensor configured to detect objects in a vehicle'"'"'s environment; receiving second sensor information from a second sensor configured to detect objects in a vehicle'"'"'s environment; identifying a first object and first characteristic value of the first object using the first sensor information; identifying the first object and second characteristic value of the first object using the second sensor information, wherein the first characteristic and the second characteristic are of a same type; determining a deviation value based on the first characteristic value with the second characteristic value; selecting a deviation threshold value from a plurality of deviation threshold values based on the type of the first and second characteristic values; using the deviation value to determine whether the first sensor is accurately detecting the object by comparing the deviation value to a deviation threshold value identifying an acceptable amount of difference between the first and second characteristic values; and when the comparison indicates that the deviation value does not meet the deviation threshold value, determine that the first sensor has had an operational failure. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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