US 11,721,213 B1
Displaying sensor data and supplemental data as a mask for autonomous vehicles
Nirmal Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Maria Moon, Mountain View, CA (US); and Peter Crandall, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/115,908.
Application 17/115,908 is a continuation of application No. 16/881,235, filed on May 22, 2020, granted, now 10,891,859.
Application 16/881,235 is a continuation of application No. 16/376,201, filed on Apr. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,699,570, issued on Jun. 30, 2020.
Application 16/376,201 is a continuation of application No. 15/854,165, filed on Dec. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,297,152, issued on May 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,114, filed on Oct. 27, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/51 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01)
CPC G08G 1/096766 (2013.01) [G01S 7/51 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for representing sensor data on a display of a vehicle, the system comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive data points generated by a lidar sensor representative of one or more objects in an external environment of the vehicle;
generate a scene including a representation of the vehicle from a perspective of a virtual camera;
generate a pulse based on at least some of the data points generated by the sensor; and
display the scene with the pulse on the display and change a brightness of the pulse over time.