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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1382559 · 14 May 2026
The described aspects and implementations enable reduced use in computational resources by an autonomous vehicle (AV) by predicting third-party collisions for an AV. A method includes obtaining object indications for objects in a driving environment of an ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1382420 · 7 May 2026
Example embodiments relate to vehicle sensor modules with external audio receivers. An example sensor module may include sensors and can be coupled to a vehicle's roof with a first microphone positioned proximate to the front of the sensor module. The sens...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1381781 · 30 Apr 2026
The described aspects and implementations include a method for using transformers to generate maps for use by AVs. The method includes generating an input embedding based, at least in part, on sensing data from a sensing system of the AV; selecting one or ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1381344 · 23 Apr 2026
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for modeling human driving behavior. One of the methods includes continually computing, at each time step, a respective observation deviation value for a curren...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1381022 · 16 Apr 2026
A simulation may be used to determine a difference between progress of a manually-driven vehicle and progress of a simulated autonomous vehicle. The method includes retrieving log data collected for the manually-driven vehicle driving along a route, genera...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1380118 · 26 Mar 2026
Example systems and methods enable an autonomous vehicle to request assistance from a remote operator in certain predetermined situations. One example method includes determining a representation of an environment of an autonomous vehicle based on sensor d...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1379624 · 19 Mar 2026
Aspects of the disclosure may enable an autonomous vehicle to perform evasive maneuvers in order to avoid potential collisions. For instance, a vehicle may be controlled in an autonomous driving mode using a first trajectory generated by a first planning s...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1379678 · 19 Mar 2026
Example embodiments relate to a lower power linearization of lidar signals. An example embodiment includes a method that includes receiving a sample value output by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in a processing unit of a lidar system. The ADC may be...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1379703 · 19 Mar 2026
Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining whether a vehicle is in a loop for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a route from a current location of the vehicle to a destination for a trip may be generated. Locations traversed by the vehicle during...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1379249 · 12 Mar 2026
Example embodiments described herein involve a system including a high throughput signal transmitter adjacent to a charging port of an autonomous vehicle configured to transmit information to a high throughput signal receiver. The high throughput signal re...