US 11,836,623 B2
Object detection and property determination for autonomous vehicles
Eric Randall Kee, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Gregory P. Meyer, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Ankit Laddha, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to UATC, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by UATC, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,159.
Application 17/516,159 is a continuation of application No. 16/038,740, filed on Jul. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,164,016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/672,745, filed on May 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0051035 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 10/00 (2022.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/02 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06F 18/21 (2023.01); G06F 18/2321 (2023.01); G06V 10/762 (2022.01); G06V 10/776 (2022.01)
CPC G06N 3/08 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06F 18/217 (2023.01); G06F 18/2321 (2023.01); G06N 3/02 (2013.01); G06V 10/763 (2022.01); G06V 10/776 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computing system for an autonomous vehicle, the computing system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more tangible, non-transitory computer readable media that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining sensor data comprising a representation of a plurality of sensor data points associated with an environment of the autonomous vehicle;
determining point property estimations for at least a portion of the plurality of sensor data points;
generating an object instance based on the point property estimations for at least the portion of the plurality of sensor data points;
determining an object instance property estimation for the object instance based on the point property estimations; and
generating a bounding shape estimation for the object instance based on the object instance property estimation.