US 12,358,527 B1
Processor and sensor array for autonomous truck
Gary Michael Seminara, Golden, CO (US); James Christopher McKenna, Littleton, CO (US); Michael Patrick Cutter, Golden, CO (US); Jonathan Record, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); Dale Dee Rowley, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); Keith Massie, Arvada, CO (US); Alexander Fink, Pflugerville, TX (US); Critt Coburn, Westminster, CO (US); Gary McKinney, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Lawrence S. Klein, Bend, OR (US)
Assigned to Outrider Technologies, Inc., Brighton, CO (US)
Filed by Outrider Technologies, Inc., Brighton, CO (US)
Filed on May 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/655,918.
Application 18/655,918 is a continuation of application No. 17/511,087, filed on Oct. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,975,737.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/105,734, filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [B60W 2300/12 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor array for an autonomous vehicle (AV) truck having a chassis, cab and cab roof comprising:
a sensor mounting bar, disposed laterally with respect to a top side of the cab, the sensor mounting bar including a plurality of sensors mounted thereon so as to cover a plurality of points of view relative the AV truck, wherein the sensor mounting bar comprises opposing vertically oriented ends and wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is mounted against one of the opposing vertically oriented ends of the sensor mounting bar providing a subset of the plurality of points of view, the subset including one or more of frontward, sideways and rearward points of view.