US 12,240,449 B1
Autonomous vehicle panel and post detection
Michael Odell Blanton, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US); Kristopher Charles Kozak, San Antonio, TX (US); and Marc Christopher Alban, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to RENU ROBOTICS CORP., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by RENU ROBOTICS CORP., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/602,419.
Application 18/602,419 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,185, filed on Aug. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,951,977.
Application 17/402,185 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/029,992, filed on Sep. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,944,032.
Application 17/402,185 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/748,465, filed on Jan. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,510,361, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,451, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/918,161, filed on Jan. 17, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/40 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for an autonomous vehicle to locate obstacles in an environment local to said autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
sensing, by the autonomous vehicle, a dynamic location and dynamic orientation of a dynamic object;
determining a stationary location for a stationary object fixedly coupled to the dynamic object based on the sensed dynamic location and dynamic orientation of the dynamic object; and
navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the determined location of the stationary object.