US 11,970,188 B2
Processing data for driving automation system
Adam John Boulton, Wirral (GB)
Assigned to Malikie Innovations Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,726.
Application 17/961,726 is a continuation of application No. 16/891,699, filed on Jun. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,485,385.
Claims priority of application No. 1910858 (GB), filed on Jul. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050343 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 60/0025 (2020.02) [B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of processing data for a driving automation system, the method comprising:
obtaining image data from a camera of an autonomous vehicle, the image data comprising at least one image of a surrounding area of the autonomous vehicle;
image processing the image data to obtain a vehicle registration mark (VRM) of another vehicle within the surrounding area;
looking up the VRM of the other vehicle in a vehicle information database to obtain information about the other vehicle;
causing a request signal to be transmitted to a server, the request signal comprising information about the other vehicle, and the request signal being configured to cause the information about the other vehicle to be looked up in a vehicle dimensions database to obtain at least one dimension of the other vehicle, the vehicle dimensions database containing at least one respective dimension for each of a plurality of vehicles;
updating a context of the autonomous vehicle based on the at least one dimension of the other vehicle; and
generating a control signal comprising instructions configured to cause the driving automation system to determine an overtaking procedure for the autonomous vehicle to overtake the other vehicle depending on the at least one dimension of the other vehicle and to modify lane positioning of the autonomous vehicle during the overtaking procedure, wherein the at least one dimension comprises a length of the other vehicle, the overtaking procedure comprising a passing distance by which to pass the other vehicle before pulling in, wherein the passing distance is greater when the length of the other vehicle is greater.