Remote vehicle guidance

US11768493B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zoox, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Timothy Caldwell · Mountain View, US
• Ravi Gogna · San Jose, US
• Meredith James Goldman · Redwood City, US
• Frank Reinaldo Ramirez · San Francisco, US
• Matthew Miller Young · San Francisco, US
• Rick Zhang · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 26, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/04845
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A vehicle computing system may identify an obstruction along a route of travel and may connect to a service computing device for guidance. The service computing device may include a guidance system configured to receive waypoint and/or orientation input from an operator. The operator may evaluate the scenario and determine one or more waypoints and/or associated orientations for the vehicle to navigate the scenario. In some examples, the guidance system may validate the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s). The service computing device may send the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s) to the vehicle computing system. The vehicle computing system may validate the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s) and, based on the validation, control the vehicle according to the input. Based on a determination that the vehicle has navigated the scenario, the guidance system may release vehicle guidance back to the vehicle computing system.