IP Library Granted Patent US 11,279,380
Granted Patent B2
US 11,279,380 · App. 16/814,203 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Method and apparatus for detecting and avoiding collision applied to vehicle

Inventors: Lei Zhang (Beijing, CN); Kai Yang (Beijing, CN); Hongda Zhang (Beijing, CN); Wuzhao Zhang (Beijing, CN); Zhuo Chen (Beijing, CN); Baisheng Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
B60W60/0011B60W60/0015G05D1/0223G05D1/0289G06K9/00805G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,279,380
App. No.
16/814,203
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for detecting and avoiding a collision applied to a vehicle which determines a first path according to a real-time vehicle status. The method can include: S 1 ) predefining a second path according to the real-time vehicle status; S 2 ) determining whether the current first path is at risk of a collision, and determining whether the current second path is at risk of a collision; and S 3 ) controlling the vehicle with an apparatus using a method for avoiding a collision, in a case where the current first path is at risk of a collision and/or the current second path is at risk of a collision.

Claims (32)

1. A method for detecting and avoiding a collision applied to a vehicle, the vehicle determining a first path according to a real-time vehicle status, the method comprising:

S 1 ) predefining a second path according to the real-time vehicle status;

S 2 ) determining whether the current first path is at risk of the collision, and determining whether the current second path is at risk of the collision; and

S 3 ) controlling the vehicle by an apparatus using a method for avoiding the collision in response to determining that the current first path is at risk of the collision and/or the current second path is at risk of the collision, wherein the vehicle is controlled by a vehicle control right arbitration, wherein the vehicle control right arbitration comprises: determining an actual vehicle control right arbitration module from N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules by means of network aggregation and negotiation, to control the vehicle, and

wherein the network aggregation and negotiation comprise: obtaining, by the N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules, a message and a transmission delay of each other based on a CAN bus, and determine the actual vehicle control right arbitration module by means of network negotiation according to the message and the minimum transmission delay and a predefined priority of the N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S 1 ), whether the current first path is at risk of the collision and whether the current second path is at risk of the collision are determined by selecting a combination of one or more of following operations:

a vehicle status estimation, a braking time and braking distance estimation, an obstacle filtering, an obstacle tracking, a first path analysis, a safe distance calculation, an obstacle confidence calculation, a calculation of a distance to a most dangerous obstacle, a collision detection strategy assessment or a collision risk level assessment.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first path is a custom emergency path, and the second path is a secure takeover path.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S 3 ), the vehicle is further controlled by selecting a combination of one or more of following operations:

a safety risk analysis, a vehicle track point generation, a vehicle speed control, a vehicle steering control or a vehicle gear control.

5. An apparatus for detecting and avoiding a collision applied to a vehicle, the vehicle determining a first path according to a real-time vehicle status, wherein the apparatus comprises:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

predefining a second path according to the real-time vehicle status;

determining whether the current first path is at risk of the collision, and determining whether the current second path is at risk of the collision; and

controlling the vehicle with a method for avoiding the collision in response to determining that the current first path is at risk of the collision and/or the current second path is at risk of the collision, wherein the vehicle is controlled by a vehicle control right arbitration, wherein the vehicle control right arbitration comprises: determining an actual vehicle control right arbitration module from N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules by means of network aggregation and negotiation, to control the vehicle, and

wherein the network aggregation and negotiation comprise: obtaining, by the N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules, a message and a transmission delay of each other based on a CAN bus, and determine the actual vehicle control right arbitration module by means of network negotiation according to the message and the minimum transmission delay and a predefined priority of the N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein whether the current first path is at risk of the collision and whether the current second path is at risk of the collision are determined by selecting a combination of one or more of following operations:

a vehicle status estimation, a braking time and braking distance estimation, an obstacle filtering, an obstacle tracking, a first path analysis, a safe distance calculation, an obstacle confidence calculation, a calculation of a distance to a most dangerous obstacle, a collision detection strategy assessment or a collision risk level assessment.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first path is a custom emergency path, and the second path is a secure takeover path.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the vehicle is further controlled by selecting a combination of one or more of following operations:

a safety risk analysis, a vehicle track point generation, a vehicle speed control, a vehicle steering control or a vehicle gear control.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a controller, cause the controller to implement operations, the operations comprising:

predefining a second path according to a real-time vehicle status;

determining whether a current first path determined by a vehicle according to the real-time vehicle status is at risk of a collision, and determining whether the current second path is at risk of the collision; and

controlling the vehicle with a method for avoiding the collision in response to determining that the current first path is at risk of the collision and/or the current second path is at risk of the collision, wherein the vehicle is controlled by a vehicle control right arbitration, wherein the vehicle control right arbitration comprises: determining an actual vehicle control right arbitration module from N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules by means of network aggregation and negotiation, to control the vehicle, and

wherein the network aggregation and negotiation comprise: obtaining, by the N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules, a message and a transmission delay of each other based on a CAN bus, and determine the actual vehicle control right arbitration module by means of network negotiation according to the message and the minimum transmission delay and a predefined priority of the N redundant vehicle control right arbitration modules.

10. The machine-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein whether the current first path is at risk of the collision and whether the current second path is at risk of the collision are determined by selecting a combination of one or more of following operations:

a vehicle status estimation, a braking time and braking distance estimation, an obstacle filtering, an obstacle tracking, a first path analysis, a safe distance calculation, an obstacle confidence calculation, a calculation of a distance to a most dangerous obstacle, a collision detection strategy assessment or a collision risk level assessment.

11. The machine-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the first path is a custom emergency path, and the second path is a secure takeover path.

12. The machine-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the vehicle is further controlled by selecting a combination of one or more of following operations:

a safety risk analysis, a vehicle track point generation, a vehicle speed control, a vehicle steering control or a vehicle gear control.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2022
From: ZHANG, LEI; YANG, KAI; ZHANG, HONGDA; ZHANG, WUZHAO; CHEN, ZHUO; WANG, BAISHENG
To: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058559/0424 →
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910647517.2 · Jul 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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