US 12,437,636 B2
Power and thermal management systems and methods for autonomous vehicles
David Patrick Rice, Wexford, PA (US); and Scott Klaus Boehmke, Wexford, PA (US)
Assigned to AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/501,618.
Application 18/501,618 is a continuation of application No. 17/893,829, filed on Aug. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,842,639.
Application 17/893,829 is a continuation of application No. 15/722,346, filed on Oct. 2, 2017, granted, now 11,430,331, issued on Aug. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/555,895, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0062653 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/096725 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00764 (2013.01); B60H 1/00878 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous vehicle control system for controlling an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle control system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
determining a thermal characteristic of the autonomous vehicle;
adjusting an operating characteristic of a perception system of the autonomous vehicle based on the thermal characteristic;
determining one or more vehicle parameters associated with the autonomous vehicle;
determining a modification to an operating characteristic of a motion planning system of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a sensor capability requirement corresponding to the one or more vehicle parameters, wherein the sensor capability requirement is configured based at least in part on an operating condition of the autonomous vehicle; and
implementing the modification to adjust an operation of the motion planning system.