US 11,782,969 B2
Object search service employing an autonomous vehicle fleet
Kyle John Morris, San Francisco, CA (US); Guozhen La, San Francisco, CA (US); Haven Lau, Markham (CA); Sam Tran, Daly City, CA (US); and Zhi Yuan Sherwin Lau, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/515,374.
Application 17/515,374 is a continuation of application No. 16/363,664, filed on Mar. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,163,820.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058217 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 16/532 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 16/58 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G06F 16/532 (2019.01) [G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/5838 (2019.01); G06F 16/5866 (2019.01); G05D 1/0033 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); G06T 7/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
a sensor system configured to capture images of an environment in which the autonomous vehicle travels, wherein the autonomous vehicle navigates based at least in part on the images of the environment; and
a computing system in communication with the sensor system, wherein the computing system comprises:
a processor; and
memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
receiving, from a server computing system, a request for the autonomous vehicle to passively search the images for a specific object in the environment while the autonomous vehicle travels in the environment, wherein the request is received when the autonomous vehicle enters a search area;
responsive to receiving the request, filtering the images captured by the sensor system to generate a set of filtered images;
receiving a differing request to discontinue passively searching the images for the specific object when the autonomous vehicle exits the search area, wherein the autonomous vehicle discontinues searching the images responsive to receipt of the differing request, and
transmitting the set of the filtered images to the server computing system.