Patent 10366502 was granted and assigned to Waymo on July, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating vehicle heading predictions from point cloud data using a neural network. One of the methods includes receiving a plurality of different projections of point cloud data, wherein the point cloud data represents different sensor measurements of electromagnetic radiation reflected off a vehicle. Each of the plurality of projections of point cloud data is provided as input to a neural network subsystem trained to receive projections of point cloud data for a vehicle and to generate one or more vehicle heading classifications as an output. At the output of the neural network subsystem, one or more vehicle heading predictions is received.