Facilitating vehicle driving and self-driving
US9645577B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0285
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Among other things, an operation related to control of a vehicle is facilitated by actions that include the following. A finite set of candidate trajectories of the vehicle is generated that begin at a location of the vehicle as of a given time. The candidate trajectories are based on a state of the vehicle and on possible behaviors of the vehicle and of the environment as of the location of the vehicle and the given time. A putative optimal trajectory is selected from among the candidate trajectories based on costs associated with the candidate trajectories. The costs include costs associated with violations of rules of operation of the vehicle. The selected putative optimal trajectory is used to facilitate the operation related to control of the vehicle.
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