US 12,459,436 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. 17/977,572.
Application 17/977,572 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 2023/0056180 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/06 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (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 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)] 36 Claims
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1. An autonomous vehicle comprising:
a cab having a left side and a right side;
a first lidar and a second lidar each coupled to the left side; and
a third lidar and a fourth lidar each coupled to the right side,
wherein at least a portion of the left side is in a combined field of view of the first lidar and the second lidar and at least a portion of the right side is in a combined field of view of the third lidar and the fourth lidar,
wherein the first lidar and the third lidar are rotating lidars having a field of view of 360 degrees and are configured to detect objects only within a radius of about 75 m, and the second lidar and the fourth lidar are forward facing lidars and are configured to detect objects within about 125 m, and
wherein the field of view of the first lidar fully encompasses the field of view of the second lidar and the field of view of the third lidar fully encompasses the field of view of the fourth lidar.