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Title:
The method and system which detect a weather state using an in-vehicle sensor
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6189523
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Example methods and systems for detecting weather conditions using vehicle onboard sensors are provided. An example method includes receiving laser data collected for an environment of a vehicle (502), and the laser data includes a plurality of laser data points. The method also includes associating, by a computing device, laser data points of the plurality of laser data points with one or more objects (506) in the environment, and determining given laser data points of the plurality of laser data points that are unassociated with the one or more objects (506) in the environment as being representative of an untracked object (510). The method also includes based on one or more untracked objects (510) being determined, identifying by the computing device an indication of a weather condition of the environment.

Inventors:
Juja Jun
Dolgow Dmitry
Ferguson Dave
Application Number:
JP2016507580A
Publication Date:
August 30, 2017
Filing Date:
April 07, 2014
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Assignee:
GOOGLE INC.
International Classes:
G01W1/00; B60W40/02; B60W40/06; G01S13/931; G01S17/86; G01S17/931; G01W1/02
Domestic Patent References:
JP2002257934A
JP2010223685A
JP2011232155A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiyuki Inaba
Mutsumi Sato