US 12,454,224 B2
Sensor assembly with lidar 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)
Filed by Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,569.
Application 17/977,569 is a continuation of application No. 17/435,368, previously published as PCT/US2020/020450, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/812,779, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047330 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (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 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 1/0605 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (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)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous vehicle comprising:
a cab having a left side and a right side;
a first sensor assembly coupled to the left side with a first arm and having a first housing and a first lidar, the first lidar coupled to a lower portion of the first sensor assembly and extending below the first arm and the first housing; and
a second sensor assembly coupled to the right side with a second arm and having a second housing and a second lidar, the second lidar coupled to a lower portion of the second sensor assembly and extending below the second arm and the second housing,
wherein at least a portion of the left side is in a field of view of the first lidar and at least a portion of the right side is in a field of view of the second lidar, and
wherein a field of view of the first lidar overlaps a field of view of the second lidar forward of the cab.