Identifying a stopping place for an autonomous vehicle
AssigneenuTonomy Inc.
InventorsKarl Iagnemma, Harshavardhan Ravichandran, Tichakorn Wongpiromsarn
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Abstract
Among other things, a vehicle is caused to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position. Current information is analyzed about potential stopping places in the vicinity of the goal position, to make a choice of a currently selected stopping place that is acceptable and feasible. The vehicle is caused to drive autonomously toward the currently selected stopping place. The activities are repeated until the vehicle stops at a currently selected stopping place.
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A computer-based method comprising:
- causing, by a vehicle computer, a vehicle to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position;
- analyzing, by the vehicle computer, current information about one or more potential stopping places in a vicinity of the goal position to make a choice of a currently selected stopping place that is acceptable and feasible, comprising:
- calculating, by the vehicle computer, a first score for each of the one or more potential stopping places;
- calculating, by the vehicle computer, a second score for each of the one or more potential stopping places;
- and
- selecting, by the vehicle computer, a stopping place with the highest combined first score and second score;
- causing, by the vehicle computer, the vehicle to drive autonomously toward the currently selected stopping place;
- and
- in response to the currently selected stopping place being unavailable, repeating, by the vehicle computer, the analyzing till the vehicle stops at a currently selected stopping place.
A vehicle system comprising:
- a vehicle computer;
- a memory storing instructions that when executed by the vehicle computer, cause the vehicle computer to perform operations comprising:
- causing a vehicle to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position;
- analyzing current information about one or more potential stopping places in a vicinity of the goal position to make a choice of a currently selected stopping place that is acceptable and feasible, comprising:
- calculating a first score for each of the one or more potential stopping places;
- calculating a second score for each of the one or more potential stopping places;
- and
- selecting a stopping place with the highest combined first score and second score;
- causing the vehicle to drive autonomously toward the currently selected stopping place;
- and
- in response to the currently selected stopping place being unavailable, repeating the analyzing till the vehicle stops at a currently selected stopping place.
One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of operations comprising:
- causing a vehicle to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position;
- analyzing current information about one or more potential stopping places in a vicinity of the goal position to make a choice of a currently selected stopping place that is acceptable and feasible, comprising:
- calculating a first score for each of the one or more potential stopping places;
- calculating a second score for each of the one or more potential stopping places;
- and
- selecting a stopping place with the highest combined first score and second score;
- causing the vehicle to drive autonomously toward the currently selected stopping place;
- and
- in response to the currently selected stopping place being unavailable, repeating the analyzing till the vehicle stops at a currently selected stopping place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.