Abstract: Autonomous vehicle model training and validation using low-discrepancy sequences may include: generating a low-discrepancy sequence in a multidimensional space comprising a plurality of multidimensional points; mapping each sample of a plurality of samples of a data corpus to a corresponding entry in the low-discrepancy sequence, wherein each sample of the plurality of samples comprises one or more environmental descriptors for an environment relative to a vehicle and one or more state descriptors describing a state of the vehicle; selecting, from the data corpus, a training data set by selecting, for each multidimensional point of the low-discrepancy sequence having one or more mapped samples, a mapped sample for inclusion in the training data set; and training one or more models used to generate autonomous driving decisions of an autonomous vehicle based on the selected training data set.

Abstract: Context-based data valuation and transmission, including: acquiring sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the sensor data comprises a plurality of portions and the plurality of sensors comprises at least two cameras; determining, for each portion of the sensor data, a value based on one or more conditions under which the sensor data was captured; determining, based on the values for the sensor data, an upload policy; and transmitting, based on the upload policy, one or more portions of the sensor data to a server.

Abstract: Autonomous vehicle model training and validation using low-discrepancy sequences may include: generating a low-discrepancy sequence in a multidimensional space comprising a plurality of multidimensional points; mapping each sample of a plurality of samples of a data corpus to a corresponding entry in the low-discrepancy sequence, wherein each sample of the plurality of samples comprises one or more environmental descriptors for an environment relative to a vehicle and one or more state descriptors describing a state of the vehicle; selecting, from the data corpus, a training data set by selecting, for each multidimensional point of the low-discrepancy sequence having one or more mapped samples, a mapped sample for inclusion in the training data set; and training one or more models used to generate autonomous driving decisions of an autonomous vehicle based on the selected training data set.

Abstract: Indexing a data corpus to a set of multidimensional points, including: generating a set of points in a multidimensional space; identifying, for each sample in a plurality of samples in a data corpus, a nearest point in the set of points; and generating an index mapping each sample with the nearest point in the set of points.

Abstract: Modifying vehicle display parameters using operator gaze, including: detecting a gaze of an operator of a vehicle; and modifying one or more parameters of a display based on the gaze of the operator.

Abstract: Shared memory access in a distributed system, including: receiving a memory access request associated with a time value; determining, based on the time value, an entry in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB); and determining, based on the entry, whether to allow the memory access request.

Abstract: Blended operator and autonomous control in an autonomous vehicle, including: receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors of an autonomous vehicle; determining, based on the sensor data, a degree of autonomous control for each control input of a plurality of control inputs; and applying the degree of autonomous control for each control input of the plurality of control inputs.

Abstract: Dynamic calibration of cameras in a stereoscopic configuration may include: determining a disparity between first image data from a first camera and second image data from a second camera, wherein the first camera and the second camera are in a stereoscopic configuration, and wherein the disparity comprises a difference in placement of one or more objects in the first image data relative to the second image data; and adjusting one or more of the first camera or the second camera, based on the disparity and sensor data from a sensor other than the first camera and the second camera, to calibrate the stereoscopic configuration of the first camera and the second camera to achieve stereoscopic camera distance functionality.

Abstract: Velocity adjustments based on roadway scene comprehension may include controlling an ego vehicle traveling in a first lane, wherein the first lane comprises a lane of travel for the ego vehicle of a multilane roadway including at least the first lane and a second lane; capturing object ranges by the ego vehicle using at least a first sensor corresponding to a first sensor type; identifying a first vehicle operating in the second lane from the first sensor; determining a first velocity of the first vehicle; generating a first lane flow rate for the second lane from one or more captured object velocities, wherein the lane flow rate of the second lane is based on at least the first velocity of the first vehicle and a traffic density estimation; determining whether to modify an ego vehicle velocity based on the first lane flow rate; and in response to determining whether to modify the ego vehicle velocity, generating instructions for the ego vehicle's velocity.

Abstract: Modifying settings of autonomous vehicle sensors based on predicted environmental states, including: determining, based on sensor data, that a predicted environmental state of the autonomous vehicle is associated with a sensory input outside an operating range of a sensor; determining a modified operating range of the sensor; and modifying one or more sensors to operate according to the modified operating range.

Abstract: Distributed data sampling, including: receiving a sampling target; generating, based on one or more sensors, sampled data; determining, based on the sampling target, a value for the sampled data; and determining, based on the value for the sampled data, whether to provide the sampled data to a remotely disposed computing device.

Abstract: Device initialization by an access-restricted virtual machine, including: restricting access by a first operating system to a device during one or more device initialization operations, wherein the first operating system is executing in a first virtual machine supported by a hypervisor; determining, by a second operating system executing in a second virtual machine supported by the hypervisor, one or more modifications attempted by the first operating system to the device; and performing, by the second operating system, the one or more modifications to the device.

Abstract: Variable access privileges for secure resources in an autonomous vehicle, including: allocating, by a hypervisor, to a first virtual machine comprising a first operating system, a first one or more access privileges to one or more resources; allocating, by the hypervisor, to a second virtual machine comprising a second operating system different than the first operating system, a second one or more access privileges to the one or more resources; and modifying, by the hypervisor, the second one or more access privileges in response to a change in an execution state of the first virtual machine; wherein the hypervisor, the first virtual machine, and the second virtual machine are implemented by an autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: Throughput reduction in autonomous vehicle camera sensors, including: generating, by a camera sensor, a frame; selecting an area of focus for the frame; and generating, by the camera sensor from the frame, a downsampled frame and a cropped frame, wherein the cropped frame is based on the area of focus.

Abstract: Automatically adjusting ergonomic factors of a vehicle seat, including: receiving first video data capturing a person outside of a vehicle; identifying, based on the first video data, one or more physical attributes of the person; and modifying vehicle seat configuration based on the one or more physical attributes.

Abstract: Uncertainty-based data filtering in a vehicle may include acquiring sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the autonomous vehicle; applying a first machine learning model to the sensor data; determining that a result of the first machine learning model disagrees with another result; and transmitting, based on the result of the first machine learning model disagreeing with the other result, the sensor data to a server.

Abstract: Synchronizing stereoscopic cameras using padding data setting modification may include: receiving a first frame from a first camera and a second frame from a second camera; calculating a differential between a first time corresponding to the first frame and a second time corresponding to the second frame; determining whether the differential exceeds a threshold; and increasing, responsive to the differential exceeding the threshold, a frame rate of the first camera relative to the second camera by transmitting a padding data instruction to the first camera or the second camera.

Abstract: Throughput reduction in autonomous vehicle camera sensors, including: generating, by a camera sensor, a frame; selecting an area of focus for the frame; and generating, by the camera sensor from the frame, a downsampled frame and a cropped frame, wherein the cropped frame is based on the area of focus.

Abstract: Determining control operations for an autonomous vehicle may include receiving, by an operational model, an operational model input based on camera data from one or more cameras of an automated vehicle; determining, by the operational model, based on the input, a current environmental state and a predicted environmental state; providing, to a rules module, a differential between the current environmental state and a previously predicted environmental state; and determining, based on the rules module, one or more control operations for the automated vehicle.

Abstract: A redundant processing fabric in an autonomous vehicle may include: processing, by a first processing unit of a plurality of processing units, sensor data from a first sensor of a plurality of sensors, where the plurality of processing units are coupled to the plurality of sensors via a switched fabric, wherein the plurality of processing units and plurality of sensors are included in the autonomous vehicle, wherein the sensor data corresponds to an environment external to the autonomous vehicle; determining a failure in processing the sensor data by the first processing unit; and severing, in the switched fabric, a first communications path between the first sensor and the first processing unit; and establishing, in the switched fabric, a second communications path between the first sensor and a redundant processing unit.