Abstract: A computer-implemented method of trajectory prediction includes obtaining a first cross-attention between a vectorized representation of a road map near a vehicle and information obtained from a rasterized representation of an environment near the vehicle by processing through a first cross-attention stage; obtaining a second cross-attention between a vectorized representation of a vehicle history and information obtained from the rasterized representation by processing through a second cross-attention stage; operating a scene encoder on the first cross-attention and the second cross-attention; operating a trajectory decoder on an output of the scene encoder; obtaining one or more trajectory predictions by performing one or more queries on the trajectory decoder.

Abstract: A method of predicting vehicle trajectory includes operating a scene encoder on an environmental representation surrounding a vehicle; concatenating an output of the scene encoder with a history trajectory; applying a sequence encoder to a result of the concatenating; refining an output of the sequence encoder based on the history trajectory; and generating one or more predicted future trajectories by operating a decoder on an output of the refining.

Abstract: Techniques are described for operating a vehicle using sensor data provided by one or more ultrasonic sensors located on or in the vehicle. An example method includes receiving, by a computer located in a vehicle, data from an ultrasonic sensor located on the vehicle, where the data includes a first set of coordinates of two points associated with a location where an object is detected by the ultrasonic sensor; determining a second set of coordinates associated with a point in between the two points; performing a first determination that the second set of coordinates is associated with a lane or a road on which the vehicle is operating; performing a second determination that the object is movable; and sending, in response to the first determination and the second determination, a message that causes the vehicle to perform a driving related operation while the vehicle is operating on the road.

Abstract: An image processing method includes performing, using images obtained from one or more sensors onboard a vehicle, a 2-dimensional (2D) feature extraction; performing, a 3-dimensional (3D) feature extraction on the images; detecting objects in the images by fusing detection results from the 2D feature extraction and the 3D feature extraction.

Abstract: A unified framework for detecting perception anomalies in autonomous driving systems is described. The perception anomaly detection framework takes an input image from a camera in or on a vehicle and identifies anomalies as belonging to one of three categories. Lens anomalies are associated with poor sensor conditions, such as water, dirt, or overexposure. Environment anomalies are associated with unfamiliar changes to an environment. Finally, object anomalies are associated with unknown objects. After perception anomalies are detected, the results are sent downstream to cause a behavior change of the vehicle.

Abstract: Techniques are described for determining a set of pose information for an object when multiple sets of pose information are determined for a same object from multiple images. An example driving operation method includes obtaining, by a computer located in a vehicle, at least two sets of pose information related to an object located on a road on which the vehicle is operating, where each set of pose information includes characteristic(s) about the object, and where each set of pose information is determined from an image obtained by a camera; determining at least two weighted output vectors; determining, for the object, a set of pose information that are based on a combined weighted output vector that is obtained by combining the at least two weighted output vectors; and causing the vehicle to perform a driving-related operation using the set of pose information for the object.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems of sampling-based object pose determination. An example method includes obtaining, for a time frame, sensor data of the object acquired by a plurality of sensors; generating a two-dimensional bounding box of the object in a projection plane based on the sensor data of the time frame; generating a three-dimensional pose model of the object based on the sensor data of the time frame and a model reconstruction algorithm; generating, based on the sensor data, the pose model, and multiple sampling techniques, a plurality of pose hypotheses of the object corresponding to the time frame, generating a hypothesis projection of the object for each of the pose hypotheses by projecting the pose hypothesis onto the projection plane; determining evaluation results by comparing the hypothesis projections with the bounding box; and determining, based on the evaluation results, an object pose for the time frame.

Abstract: The invention is related to a layered structure with at least one layer a. of a material with a VST?85° C. comprising at least one cutting line b. reaching through the whole thickness of the layered structure surrounding at least one first portion which is extractable and reinsertable manually from the layered structure as well as a production process for such a layered structure.

Abstract: A method for reflective index modulation based on intelligent reflecting surface, in which an IRS control unit is added into wireless communication system, and the data to be transmitted in a transmission is divided into two parts: a reflective domain data dr and a phase-amplitude domain data dc, the reflective domain data dr is transmitted through a wired connection to the IRS control unit to activate or deactivate each group of reflecting elements, the phase-amplitude domain data dc is modulated through traditional phase-amplitude domain modulation and transmitted to the IRS, the reflected signals contain the information of the reflective domain data dr, through the demodulating the baseband symbol ym,j, an estimated phase-amplitude modulation index m and an estimated reflective index j are obtained to recover the phase-amplitude domain data dc and the value of the reflective domain data dr respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for operating an autonomous vehicle. In some embodiments, the system may obtain, by a camera associated with an autonomous vehicle, an image of an environment of the autonomous vehicle, the environment including a road on which the autonomous vehicle is operating and an occlusion on the road. The system may identify the occlusion in the image based on map information of the environment and at least one camera parameter of the camera for obtaining the image. The system may identify an object represented in the image, and determine a confidence score relating to the object. The confidence score may indicate a likelihood a representation of the object in the image is impacted by the occlusion. The system may determine an operation algorithm based on the confidence score; and cause the autonomous vehicle to operate based on the operation algorithm.

Abstract: Techniques are described for autonomous driving operation that includes receiving, by a computer located in a vehicle, an image from a camera located on the vehicle while the vehicle is operating on a road, wherein the image includes a plurality of lanes of the road; for each of the plurality of lanes: obtaining, from a map database stored in the computer, a set of values that describe locations of boundaries of a lane; dividing the lane into a plurality of polygons; rendering the plurality of polygons onto the image; and determining identifiers of lane segments of the lane; determining one or more characteristics of a lane segment on which the vehicle is operating based on an identifier of the lane segment; and causing the vehicle to perform a driving related operation in response to the one or more characteristics of the lane segment on which the vehicle is operating.

Abstract: The invention is related to a layered structure with at least one layer a. of a material with a VST?85° C. comprising at least one cutting line b. reaching through the whole thickness of the layered structure surrounding at least one first portion which is extractable and reinsertable manually from the layered structure as well as a production process for such a layered structure.