IP Library Granted Patent US 11,579,285
Granted Patent B2
US 11,579,285 · App. 16/546,573 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Intelligent roadside unit

Inventors: Lei Fang (Beijing, CN); Haisong Wang (Beijing, CN); Xing Hu (Beijing, CN); Sheng Tao (Beijing, CN); Yifeng Shi (Beijing, CN); Huo Cao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
G01S13/867G01S13/42G01S13/865G01S13/89G08G1/095H04N5/2252H04N5/22521
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Patent No.
US 11,579,285
App. No.
16/546,573
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an intelligent roadside unit. The intelligent roadside unit includes: a radar configured to detect an obstacle within a first preset range of the intelligent roadside unit; a camera configured to capture an image of a second preset range of the intelligent roadside unit; a master processor coupled to the radar and the camera, and configured to generate a point cloud image according to information on the obstacle detected by the radar and the image detected by the camera; and a slave processor coupled to the radar and the camera, and configured to generate a point cloud image according to the information on the obstacle detected by the radar and the image detected by the camera, in which the slave processor checks the master processor, and when the original master processor breaks down, it is switched from the master processor to the slave processor.

Claims (17)

1. An intelligent roadside unit, comprising:

a radar configured to detect an obstacle within a first preset range of the intelligent roadside unit;

a camera configured to capture an image of a second preset range of the intelligent roadside unit;

a master processor coupled to the radar and the camera, and configured to generate a point cloud image according to information on the obstacle detected by the radar and the image detected by the camera; and

a slave processor coupled to the radar and the camera, and configured to generate the point cloud image according to the information on the obstacle detected by the radar and the image detected by the camera, wherein the slave processor checks the master processor, and when the master processor breaks down, it is switched from the master processor to the slave processor;

wherein the slave processor is configured to send a heartbeat detection message to the master processor, and when the slave processor does not receive a response message fed back by the master processor within preset period, it is determined that the master processor breaks down,

wherein the radar comprises a first radar and a second radar, a detection range of the first radar is broader than a detection range of the second radar, the first radar is arranged above the camera, and the second radar is arranged below the camera.

2. The intelligent roadside unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a communicator coupled to the master processor and the slave processor, the currently active master processor being configured to send the point cloud image to a self-driving vehicle or a server around the intelligent roadside unit through the communicator.

3. The intelligent roadside unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

traffic lights, the currently active master processor being configured to control the traffic lights according to the point cloud image.

4. The intelligent roadside unit according to claim 1 , further comprising: a shielding layer wrapping at least a part of the camera.

5. The intelligent roadside unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first radar and the second radar are laser radars.

6. The intelligent roadside unit according to claim 5 , wherein the first radar is a 64-channel laser radar, and the second radar is a 16-channel laser radar.

7. The intelligent roadside unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first radar is a laser radar, and the second radar is a millimeter-wave radar.

8. The intelligent roadside unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of cameras, wherein the plurality of cameras correspond to intersections monitored by the intelligent roadside unit correspondingly.

9. The intelligent roadside unit according to claim 4 , wherein the shielding layer wraps the camera except for a lens and a heat dissipation portion.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICANT NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 057933 FRAME: 0812. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058594/0836 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057933/0812 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2019
From: FANG, LEI; WANG, HAISONG; HU, XING; TAO, SHENG; SHI, YIFENG; CAO, HUO
To: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050115/0707 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811015653.1 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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