US 12,122,424 B2
Wind gust detection by an autonomous vehicle
Xiaoling Han, San Diego, CA (US); Zehua Huang, San Diego, CA (US); Arda Kurt, San Diego, CA (US); Yishi Liu, Tucson, AZ (US); Zhiqi Gong, Tucson, AZ (US); Yue Pan, Tucson, AZ (US); Todd B. Skinner, San Diego, CA (US); Yujia Wu, San Diego, CA (US); Jianqiu Cao, Tucson, AZ (US); Zijie Xuan, San Diego, CA (US); and Shuhan Yang, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to TUSIMPLE, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by TUSIMPLE, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/504,856.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/105,481, filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126867 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 6/04 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01P 5/06 (2006.01); G01P 5/16 (2006.01); G01P 5/24 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0015 (2020.02) [B60W 2510/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2510/18 (2013.01); B60W 2510/20 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2710/0677 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); G01P 5/06 (2013.01); G01P 5/16 (2013.01); G01P 5/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
an autonomous vehicle comprising:
a wind gust detection subsystem, wherein:
the wind gust detection subsystem comprises a first wind sensor and a second wind sensor positioned side by side across a width direction of the autonomous vehicle, the first wind sensor being mounted toward a midline of the autonomous vehicle on a sensor support bar, and the second wind sensor being mounted in an area above a passenger seat, wherein the first wind sensor and the second wind sensor are configured to acquire data at a variable rate to suit a computational and operational need of the autonomous vehicle; and
the sensor support bar comprises a damping component configured to isolate the sensor support bar from at least a portion of vibration associated with the autonomous vehicle;
an in-vehicle control computer comprising:
a wind gust detection module, the wind gust detection module configured to receive the acquired data from the wind gust detection subsystem and to generate a determination of a wind gust and wind gust characteristics; and
a wind gust compensation module, the wind gust compensation module configured to accept the determination of the wind gust and the wind gust characteristics from the wind gust detection module; and
an autonomous control subsystem.