US 11,673,585 B2
Integrated module for sensor data aggregation and control of sensor support hardware
Devin Cass, San Francisco, CA (US); Katharine Li, Oakland, CA (US); and Cameron Matzke, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/887,084.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370975 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/24 (2006.01); B60S 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0025 (2020.02) [B60S 1/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/24 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving first data from a first sensor utilizing a first communication protocol, wherein the first sensor is positioned via a first input/output interface in an aggregation zone;
adding second data from a second sensor utilizing a second communication protocol, wherein the second sensor is positioned via a second input/output interface in the aggregation zone;
processing the first data received from the first sensor and the second data added from the second sensor at an aggregation system separate from a main autonomous driving compute service that conforms the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol to provide a removable modular addition of the second sensor data from the second sensor; and
navigating an autonomous vehicle based on the processed first data and the processed second data in a third communication protocol, wherein the third communication protocol adjusts auxiliary functions of an autonomous vehicle.