US 12,394,313 B1
Displaying sensor data and supplemental data as a mask for autonomous vehicles
Nirmal Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Maria Moon, Mountain View, CA (US); and Peter Crandall, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/742,595.
Application 18/742,595 is a continuation of application No. 18/335,337, filed on Jun. 15, 2023, granted, now 12,051,328.
Application 18/335,337 is a continuation of application No. 17/115,908, filed on Dec. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,721,213, issued on Aug. 8, 2023.
Application 17/115,908 is a continuation of application No. 16/881,235, filed on May 22, 2020, granted, now 10,891,859, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Application 16/881,235 is a continuation of application No. 16/376,201, filed on Apr. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,699,570, issued on Jun. 30, 2020.
Application 16/376,201 is a continuation of application No. 15/854,165, filed on Dec. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,297,152, issued on May 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,114, filed on Oct. 27, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G01S 7/51 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)
CPC G08G 1/096766 (2013.01) [G01S 7/51 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for representing sensor data on a display, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, data points generated by a lidar sensor representative of one or more objects in an environment; and
displaying, by the one or more processors on the display, a scene including a representation of a vehicle, a shape expanding outward from the representation of the vehicle based on at least some of the received data points, and a representation of one of the one or more objects.