Systems and methods for adaptive vehicle sensing systems

摘要

An adaptive sensing system is configured to acquire sensor data pertaining to objects in the vicinity of a land vehicle. The adaptive sensing system may be configured to identify objects that are at least partially obscured by other objects and, in response, the adaptive sensing system may be configured to modify the configuration of one or more sensors to obtain additional information pertaining to the obscured objects. The adaptive sensing system may comprise and/or be communicatively coupled to a collision detection module, which may use the sensor data acquired by the adaptive sensing system to detect potential collisions.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
detecting a first object that is at least partially obscured by a second object in first sensor data captured by a sensing system of a land vehicle, the sensing system comprising one or more sensor devices, including a particular sensor device configured to capture sensor data pertaining to a coverage area; modifying a configuration of the particular sensor device to acquire sensor data pertaining to the first object that is at least partially obscured by the second object, wherein modifying the configuration of the particular sensor device comprises modifying the coverage area of the sensor data the particular sensor device is configured to capture, the modified coverage area including an obscured portion of the first object; and acquiring second sensor data from the sensing system, the second sensor data comprising sensor data pertaining to the obscured portion of the first object captured by the particular sensor device in the modified configuration.