US 11,951,977 B1
Autonomous vehicle panel and post detection
Michael Odell Blanton, 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 Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/402,185.
Application 17/402,185 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/029,992, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Application 17/029,992 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/748,465, filed on Jan. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,510,361.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,451, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Int. Cl. 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 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2554/40 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for an autonomous vehicle to locate obstacles in an environment local to said autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
directly sensing, by the autonomous vehicle, the environment local to said autonomous vehicle to produce direct sensing data;
determining a dynamic location and dynamic orientation of a dynamic object in the environment local to said autonomous vehicle based on the direct sensing data;
determining a stationary location for a stationary object in the environment local to said autonomous vehicle based on the dynamic location and dynamic orientation of the dynamic object; and
navigating the autonomous vehicle to within a desired proximity of the stationary object;
wherein the dynamic object is fixedly coupled to the stationary object.