Inventor

FERGUSON DAVID I

US123 patents

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FERGUSON DAVID I

GOOGLE INC

Detecting sensor degradation by actively controlling an autonomous vehicle

Characterizing optically reflective features via hyper-spectral sensor

Use of relationship between activities of different traffic signals in a network to improve traffic signal state estimation

Systems and methods for determining whether a driving environment has changed

Modifying a vehicle state based on the presence of a special-purpose vehicle

Modifying speed of an autonomous vehicle based on traffic conditions

Controlling a vehicle having inadequate map data

Using multiple exposures to improve image processing for autonomous vehicles

Determining changes in a driving environment based on vehicle behavior

Using behavior of objects to infer changes in a driving environment

3D position estimation of objects from a monocular camera using a set of known 3D points on an underlying surface

Pose estimation using long range features

Methods and systems for scan matching approaches for vehicle heading estimation

Controlling a vehicle having inadequate map data

Detecting lane closures and lane shifts by an autonomous vehicle

Controlling autonomous vehicle using audio data

Pose estimation using long range features

Methods and systems to aid autonomous vehicles driving through a lane merge

Detecting lane closures and lane shifts by an autonomous vehicle

Use of environmental information to aid image processing for autonomous vehicles

Object detection based on known structures of an environment of an autonomous vehicle

WAYMO LLC

Automated system and method for modeling the behavior of vehicles and other agents

Modifying the behavior of an autonomous vehicle using context based parameter switching

Predicting trajectories of objects based on contextual information

System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects through environment representation

System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects through environment representation

Actively modifying a field of view of an autonomous vehicle in view of constraints

Detecting sensor degradation by actively controlling an autonomous vehicle

Characterizing optically reflective features via hyper-spectral sensor

Detecting sensor degradation by actively controlling an autonomous vehicle

Determining the stationary state of detected vehicles

Approach for consolidating observed vehicle trajectories into a single representative trajectory

Use of relationship between activities of different traffic signals in a network to improve traffic signal state estimation

Use of relationship between activities of different traffic signals in a network to improve traffic signal state estimation

FERGUSON DAVID I

Modeling behavior based on observations of objects observed in a driving environment

Approach for estimating the geometry of roads and lanes by using vehicle trajectories

Approach for consolidating observed vehicle trajectories into a single representative trajectory

Controlling a vehicle having inadequate map data

Modifying behavior of autonomous vehicle based on predicted behavior of other vehicles

Actively modifying a field of view of an autonomous vehicle in view of constraints

Model checking for autonomous vehicles

Robust method for detecting traffic signals and their associated states

Object detection based on known structures of an environment of an autonomous vehicle

Use of uncertainty regarding observations of traffic intersections to modify behavior of a vehicle

Safely navigating on roads through maintaining safe distance from other vehicles

Using other vehicle trajectories to aid autonomous vehicles driving through partially known areas

ZHU JIAJUN

Automated system and method for modeling the behavior of vehicles and other agents

System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects through environment representation

System and method for automatically detecting key behaviors by vehicles

System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects