All weather autonomously driven vehicles

This invention describes an autonomous vehicle designed to operate in bad weather like rain or snow. It uses on-board sensors, specifically LADAR or RADAR systems, that can distinguish between real obstacles and temporary things like raindrops or snowflakes. The system identifies actual obstacles by observing what persistently blocks the sensor's view, allowing the vehicle to drive safely by ignoring fleeting weather interference.

Why it matters: Filed before the widespread adoption and maturation of deep learning for real-time sensor fusion and object classification. The computational power and advanced AI algorithms now make the complex task of reliably distinguishing transient obscurants from persistent obstacles, as described, far more feasible and robust than in 2014.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedSoftware logic, sensor integration, vehicle control systems

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