Methods and systems for obtaining information about a portion of an environment of an autonomous vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a sensor configured to sense information about an environment of in a field of view of the sensor, an additional sensor, and a processor in a vehicle configured to (i) analyze the sensed information from the sensor to detect a plurality of obstacles in the environment of the vehicle, (ii) determine that the field of view of the sensor is obscured by at least one detected obstacle, thereby inhibiting the sensor to sense information about a portion of the environment of the vehicle, and (iii) responsive to determining by the processor that the field of view of the sensor is obscured, obtain, by the processor, information from the additional sensor, wherein the additional sensor is able to sense information about the portion of the environment.


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    Title :

    ACTIVELY MODIFYING A FIELD OF VIEW OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE IN VIEW OF CONSTRAINTS


    Additional title:

    AKTIVE MODIFIZIERUNG EINES SICHTFELDS EINES AUTONOMEN FAHRZEUGS IM FALL VON BESCHRÄNKUNGEN
    MODIFICATION ACTIVE D'UN CHAMP DE VISION D'UN VÉHICULE AUTONOME COMPTE TENU DE CONTRAINTES


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-09-04


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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