The described aspects and implementations support sound-based emergency vehicle detection, localization, and tracking for autonomous vehicle and driver-assist systems. The techniques include obtaining, using one or more audio detectors of a vehicle, a sound recording that includes a sound emitted by an emergency vehicle (EV). The techniques further include applying a sound localization (SL) model to the sound recording to obtain a SL output, which includes a first map of possible locations of the EV in a driving environment of the vehicle and can further include a second map of possible velocities of the EV. The techniques further include simulating, using the SL output, trajectories of simulated EV(s) in the driving environment of the vehicle, and causing, responsive to proximity of the simulated trajectories to a driving path of the vehicle, modification of the driving path of the vehicle.
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING PATH SELECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE SOUNDS
AUTONOME FAHRZEUGFAHRWEGAUSWAHL IN GEGENWART VON NOTFAHRZEUGGERÄUSCHEN
SÉLECTION DE TRAJET DE CONDUITE DE VÉHICULE AUTONOME EN PRÉSENCE DE SONS DE VÉHICULE D'URGENCE
2025-06-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G06N COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS , Rechnersysteme, basierend auf spezifischen Rechenmodellen / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / H04R LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS , Lautsprecher, Mikrofone, Schallplatten-Tonabnehmer oder ähnliche akustische, elektromechanische Wandler / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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