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Samsung patents self-driving cars that fix sensors using data from other cars

This filing describes a system where an autonomous vehicle shares its sensor data and driving history with nearby self-driving cars. The vehicle then compares its own observations with those from other cars, using their reliability as a guide, to automatically adjust and correct its own sensor settings.

Why it mattersIt offers a way for self-driving cars to keep their sensors accurate in real-time by learning from the collective experience of other vehicles on the road.

In the filing’s own words

An autonomous driving apparatus includes a sensor for performing sensing based on at least one sensor parameter. The apparatus stories first observation information obtained by identifying objects present in a space in which the autonomous driving apparatus is positioned in the memory based on a sensing value of the sensor. The apparatus obtains second observation information obtained from at least one external autonomous driving apparatus and driving history information of the at least one external autonomous driving apparatus from among objects present in the space. The apparatus adds, based on driving history information of the autonomous driving apparatus and the driving history information of the at least one external autonomous driving apparatus, weight values to each of the first observation information and the second observation information stored in the memory, and calibrates the at least one sensor parameter by comparing first and second observation information added with the weight values.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An autonomous driving apparatus, comprising: a communication part; a sensor for performing sensing based on at least one sensor parameter; memory storing instructions; and at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the autonomous driving apparatus to: store, in the memory, first observation information obtained by identifying objects present in a space in which the autonomous driving apparatus is positioned in the memory based on a sensing value of the sensor; obtain, through the communication part, second observation information obtained from at least one external autonomous driving apparatus and driving history information of the at least one external autonomous driving apparatus from among objects present in the space, and store the second observation information and the driving history information in the memory; add, based on driving history information of the autonomous driving apparatus and the driving history information of the at least one external autonomous driving apparatus, weight values to each of the first observation information and the second observation information stored in the memory; and calibrate the at least one sensor parameter by comparing first and second observation information added with the weight values.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
AUTONOMOUS DRIVING DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING SENSOR PARAMETER AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260289818A1
Application number
19467364
Filed
Feb 2, 2026
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
15

Classified under

G06T 7/80 Physics & computingG05D 1/24 Physics & computingG05D 1/86 Physics & computingH04W 4/46 Electricity & electronicsG05D 2109/10 Physics & computingG05D 2111/10 Physics & computing
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