Wei Tong

US Patent:

20200257310, Aug 13, 2020

Filed:

Feb 13, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/274424

Inventors:

- DETROIT MI, US
Fan Bai - Ann Arbor MI, US
Wei Tong - Troy MI, US
Donald K. Grimm - Utica MI, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/02
G05D 1/00
G08G 1/16
H04W 4/46

Abstract:

An autonomous vehicle (AV) perception system and method of determining an autonomous vehicle (AV) action for a host vehicle. The method includes: obtaining onboard vehicle sensor data from at least one onboard vehicle sensor, the onboard vehicle sensor is a part of vehicle electronics of the host vehicle; obtaining edge sensor data from at least one edge sensor, the edge sensor is a part of an edge layer; generating a unified perception output based on the onboard vehicle sensor data and the edge sensor data; determining an AV action for the host vehicle based on the unified perception output; and providing the AV action to the host vehicle, wherein the host vehicle is configured to carry out the AV action.