Adaptive autonomous vehicle planner logic

US9910441B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zoox, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jesse Sol Levinson · Redwood City, US
• Gabriel Thurston Sibley · Menlo Park, US
• Timothy David Kentley-Klay · Stanford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0257
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various embodiments relate generally to autonomous vehicles and associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an autonomous vehicle fleet as a service. More specifically, systems, devices, and methods are configured to generate trajectories to influence navigation of autonomous vehicles. In particular, a method may include receiving path data to navigate from a first geographic location to a second geographic location, generating data representing a trajectory with which to control motion of the autonomous vehicle based on the path data, generating data representing a contingent trajectory, monitoring generation of the trajectory, and implementing the contingent trajectory subsequent to an absence of the trajectory.