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Method and arrangement for determining safe vehicle trajectories

US10037036B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 2016
Grant dateJul 31, 2018
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S2013/93271
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and arrangement for determining safe vehicle trajectories for a vehicle equipped with sensors for monitoring a surrounding environment, taking into account sensing limitations, as well as a vehicle including such an arrangement. The method includes detecting observable obstacles, detecting unobservable areas, adding virtual obstacles in unobservable areas, associating each observable obstacle and each virtual obstacle with one or more hypothetical events and assigning an occurrence probability to each combination of obstacle and one or more events, and determining safe vehicle trajectories based on both observable obstacles and virtual obstacles and the occurrence probability of each combination of obstacle and one or more events.

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