US 11,754,666 B2
Radar detection prioritization based on downstream feedback
Kai Zhang, Carmel, IN (US); Xiaohui Wang, Oak Park, CA (US); and James Nicholas Nickolaou, Clarkston, MI (US)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael (BB)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael (BB)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,845.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/148,973, filed on Feb. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0260670 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/003 (2013.01) [G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G08G 1/01 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9316 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9322 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor of a vehicle, radar detections as the vehicle is traveling in a travel corridor, the radar detections having associated locations relative to the vehicle;
receiving, from another processor of the vehicle, feedback related to a downstream function executed by the other processor as the vehicle is traveling in the travel corridor;
determining, based on the locations of the radar detections and the feedback related to the downstream function, whether any of the radar detections are within the travel corridor; and
for at least one of the radar detections that are within the travel corridor:
assigning, by the processor, a priority to the respective radar detection based on at least one Frenet coordinate of the respective radar detection; and
storing, by the processor, in a detection buffer, the respective radar detection along with an indication of the assigned priority; and
providing the at least one of the radar detections along with the respective indications of assigned priority to the downstream function.