System and method for navigating an autonomous vehicle

A navigating device for navigating an autonomous vehicle communicatively coupled to one or more ranging sensors, the navigating device comprising, a processor;

• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores the processor-executable instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to:
• determine a relative velocity between the autonomous vehicle and each of at least one surrounding vehicle using the one or more ranging sensors;
• compare the relative velocity associated with each of the at least one surrounding vehicle with a predefined relative speed threshold to identify a plurality of vehicles-of-interest from the at least one surrounding vehicle;
• determine an area bounded by the plurality of vehicles-of-interest as a current navigable space for the autonomous vehicle;
• predict a future navigable space for the autonomous vehicle based on a predicted velocity of the plurality of vehicles-of-interest and a predicted distance between the autonomous vehicle and each of the plurality of vehicles-of-interest, wherein the future navigable space comprises navigable space of the autonomous vehicle after a predefined time period from a time of determining the current navigable space;
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• navigate the autonomous vehicle based on the current navigable space and the future navigable space.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of navigating an autonomous vehicle communicatively coupled to one or more ranging sensors, the method comprising:

• determining a relative velocity between the autonomous vehicle and each of at least one surrounding vehicle using the one or more ranging sensors;
• comparing the relative velocity associated with each of the at least one surrounding vehicle with a predefined relative speed threshold to identify a plurality of vehicles-of-interest from the at least one surrounding vehicle;
• determining an area bounded by the plurality of vehicles-of-interest as a current navigable space for the autonomous vehicle;
• predicting a future navigable space for the autonomous vehicle based on a predicted velocity of the plurality of vehicles-of-interest and a predicted distance between the autonomous vehicle and each of the plurality of vehicles-of-interest, wherein the future navigable space comprises navigable space of the autonomous vehicle after a predefined time period from a time of determining the current navigable space;
• and
• navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the current navigable space and the future navigable space.