SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREE SPACE ESTIMATION

• Main Authors: GUMMADI, Raajitha, KANE, Derek, RAVI, Abhishek, BUITKUS, Gregory, J, BOGGAVARAPU, Sai Ravi Teja, CHANG, Yu-Hsuan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.06.2022
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

A system and method for estimating free space and assigning free space probabilities in point cloud data associated with an autonomous vehicle traveling on a surface, including taking into account sensor noise, sensor availability, obstacle heights, and distance of obstacles from the sensor. System...