An autonomous vehicle configured to avoid pedestrians using hierarchical cylindrical features. An example method involves: (a) receiving, at a computing device, range data corresponding to an environment of a vehicle, and the range data comprises a plurality of data points; (b) detecting, by the computing device, one or more subsets of data points from the plurality of data points that are indicative of an upper-body region of a pedestrian, and the upper-body region may comprise parameters corresponding to one or more of a head and a chest of the pedestrian; and (c) in response to detecting the one or more subsets of data points, determining a position of the pedestrian relative to the vehicle.


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    Title :

    Methods and systems for pedestrian avoidance


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    Publication date :

    2016-05-10


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G06K Erkennen von Daten , RECOGNITION OF DATA / 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 / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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