Inventors:
- San Diego CA, US
Neil M. OVERMON - Redwood City CA, US
Erik Orlando PORTILLO - Sterling VA, US
Zhujia SHI - San Diego CA, US
Joyce TAM - Pleasanton CA, US
Christopher MILLER - San Diego CA, US
Pengji DUAN - Tucson AZ, US
Lingting GE - San Diego CA, US
Navid SARMADNIA - San Diego CA, US
Zhe HUANG - Pirrsburgh PA, US
International Classification:
G08G 1/0965
G08G 1/0967
G01S 15/58
G01S 15/931
G06V 20/58
G06N 3/08
Abstract:
An autonomous vehicle includes audio sensors configured to detect audio in an environment around the autonomous vehicle and to generate audio signals based on the detected audio. A processor in the autonomous vehicle receives the audio signals and compares a time domain or frequency domain representation of the audio signals to a corresponding representation of a known emergency vehicle siren. The comparison causes the processor to output a first determination indicating whether the audio signals are indicative of an emergency vehicle siren. The processor also applies a trained neural network to the audio signals that causes the processor to output a second determination indicating whether the audio signals are indicative of the emergency vehicle siren. If the first determination or the second determination indicates presence of an emergency vehicle siren in the environment around the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle is caused to perform an action.
