US 12,461,205 B2
Camera ring structure for autonomous vehicles
Kimberly Geneva Toth, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Brendan Hermalyn, San Francisco, CA (US); Shane Mcguire, Mountain View, CA (US); Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Tarzana, CA (US); Jeremy Dittmer, Mountain View, CA (US); and Andreas Wendel, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,259.
Application 18/229,259 is a continuation of application No. 18/082,791, filed on Dec. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,762,063.
Application 18/082,791 is a continuation of application No. 17/503,571, filed on Oct. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,561,282, issued on Jan. 24, 2023.
Application 17/503,571 is a continuation of application No. 16/008,462, filed on Jun. 14, 2018, granted, now 11,181,619, issued on Nov. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393244 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)
CPC G01S 7/4813 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); B60R 2300/102 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A sensor assembly, comprising:
a housing having a base region configured to attach to a surface of a vehicle;
a first sensor on a first portion of the housing, the first sensor being configured to provide a first set of sensor data associated with objects in an external environment of the vehicle;
a camera assembly comprising:
a camera module affixed to a second portion of the housing that is closer to the base region than the first portion of the housing, and
an image sensor disposed in the camera module, the image sensor configured to provide a second set of sensor data associated with objects in the external environment of the vehicle; and
a second sensor disposed on a third portion of the housing that is closer to the base region than the first and second portions of the housing, the second sensor being configured to provide a third set of sensor data associated with objects in the external environment along a selected direction of the vehicle, the second sensor having an overlapping field of view with the image sensor.