US 12,434,631 B2
Sensor assembly for autonomous vehicles
Donald Burnette, Mountain View, CA (US); Court Hinricher, Mountain View, CA (US); Jay Kuvelker, Mountain View, CA (US); Andreas Wendel, Mountain View, CA (US); John Zinn, Mountain View, CA (US); and Laura Shane, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/435,368
Filed by Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/020450
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/180707, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/812,779, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144185 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G03B 37/04 (2021.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/12 (2013.01) [B60R 1/0605 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G03B 37/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor assembly for autonomous vehicles, comprising:
a side mirror assembly configured to mount to a vehicle, comprising:
a first camera having a field of view in a direction opposite a direction of forward travel of said vehicle;
a second camera having a field of view in said direction of forward travel of said vehicle; and
a third camera having a field of view in a direction substantially perpendicular to said direction of forward travel of said vehicle,
wherein said first camera, said second camera, and said third camera are oriented to provide an uninterrupted camera field of view from said direction of forward travel of said vehicle to a direction opposite said direction of forward travel of said vehicle, and
wherein a center of said field of view of said third camera is not perpendicular to said direction of forward travel and is within 30 degrees of said direction perpendicular to said direction of forward travel.