Patents by Inventor Shrinidhi Kowshika Lakshmikanth

Shrinidhi Kowshika Lakshmikanth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10859384
    Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle localization are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a computing system that includes one or more computing devices onboard an autonomous vehicle, sensor data indicative of one or more geographic cues within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes obtaining, by the computing system, sparse geographic data associated with the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. The sparse geographic data is indicative of the one or more geographic cues. The method includes determining, by the computing system, a location of the autonomous vehicle within the surrounding environment based at least in part on the sensor data indicative of the one or more geographic cues and the sparse geographic data. The method includes outputting, by the computing system, data indicative of the location of the autonomous vehicle within the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Wei-Chiu Ma, Shenlong Wang, Namdar Homayounfar, Shrinidhi Kowshika Lakshmikanth, Raquel Urtasun
  • Publication number: 20190145784
    Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle localization are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a computing system that includes one or more computing devices onboard an autonomous vehicle, sensor data indicative of one or more geographic cues within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes obtaining, by the computing system, sparse geographic data associated with the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. The sparse geographic data is indicative of the one or more geographic cues. The method includes determining, by the computing system, a location of the autonomous vehicle within the surrounding environment based at least in part on the sensor data indicative of the one or more geographic cues and the sparse geographic data. The method includes outputting, by the computing system, data indicative of the location of the autonomous vehicle within the surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Wei-Chiu Ma, Shenlong Wang, Namdar Homayounfar, Shrinidhi Kowshika Lakshmikanth, Raquel Urtasun
  • Publication number: 20190147255
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating sparse geographic data for autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain sensor data associated with at least a portion of a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can identify a plurality of lane boundaries within the portion of the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the sensor data and a first machine-learned model. The computing system can generate a plurality of polylines indicative of the plurality of lane boundaries based at least in part on a second machine-learned model. Each polyline of the plurality of polylines can be indicative of a lane boundary of the plurality of lane boundaries. The computing system can output a lane graph including the plurality of polylines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Namdar Homayounfar, Wei-Chiu Ma, Shrinidhi Kowshika Lakshmikanth, Raquel Urtasun