US 12,403,831 B2
Three dimension wind speed detection using pitot tube for automated vehicles
John Hutchinson, Blacksburg, VA (US)
Assigned to TORC Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US)
Filed by TORC Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,275.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/446,714, filed on Feb. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278722 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60R 1/076 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); G01P 5/165 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/12 (2013.01) [B60R 1/076 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01P 5/165 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2555/00 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a pitot tube configured to generate three-dimensional wind measurements according to environmental wind conditions;
a spring-loaded arm coupled to a side-view mirror of an automated vehicle and mounting the pitot tube to the side-view mirror, the spring-loaded arm configured to facilitate the pitot tube to retract upon an impact; and
a controller electrically coupled to the pitot tube, and configured to:
generate wind-related data based upon the three-dimensional wind measurements received from the pitot tube, the wind-related data including a predicted amount of lateral jerk of the automated vehicle caused by current local environmental wind conditions as indicated by the three-dimensional wind measurements, if the automated vehicle were to follow a predicted driveline; and
generate a driving task based upon the predicted amount, the driving task including machine-executable instructions causing the controller to operate an electromechanical component of the automated vehicle responsive to the predicted amount.