CPC B60K 31/0008 (2013.01) [B60T 8/17558 (2013.01); G01S 7/003 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01); G08G 1/163 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60T 2201/02 (2013.01); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); G01S 13/86 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9316 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9319 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9323 (2020.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An automated vehicle comprising:
an object-detector;
a receiver;
a controller in communication with the object-detector and the receiver, said controller configured to:
obtain, using the receiver, data from two or more transmitters that indicate an object-presence associated with a hidden-object, wherein redundancy of the data is established and the hidden-object is valid;
determine, based on the data, a portion of a field-of-view of the object-detector that is obstructed;
determine, based at least in part on a comparison of a location of the hidden-object with the portion of the field-of-view of the object-detector that is obstructed, whether the hidden-object is positioned in the portion of the field-of-view of the object-detector that is obstructed; and
in accordance with the hidden-object being detected in the portion of the field-of-view that is obstructed, operate the automated vehicle to avoid interference with the hidden-object.
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