Autonomous vehicle maneuvering based upon risk associated with occluded regions

US11767011B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM Cruise Holdings LLC · US

Inventors

• Shiva Ghose · Berkeley, US
• Daniel Chen · New Rochelle, US
• Ted Nitz · Hayward, US
• Christophe Philippona · San Francisco, US
• Curt Harrington · San Francisco, US
• Christopher Daily-Diamond · Oakland, US
• Mason Swofford · Fishers, US
• Ryan Holben · San Francisco, US
• Eric Lujan · San Francisco, US
• Benjamin Greer · San Francisco, US
• Francesco Capodieci · Daly City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2022
• Grant date: Sep 26, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/50
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle (AV) is described herein. The AV is configured to identify an occluded region where a portion of a field of view of a sensor is occluded by an object. The AV is further configured to hypothesize that an object exists in the occluded region and is moving in the occluded region. The AV is still further configured to perform a driving maneuver based upon the hypothesized object existing in the occluded region.