Generating scouting objectives
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsKatharine Patterson, Joshua Herbach, David Silver, David Margines
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to generating scouting objectives in order to update map information used to control a fleet of vehicles in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, a notification from a vehicle of the fleet identifying a feature and a location of the feature may be received. A first bound for a scouting area may be identified based on the location of the feature. A second bound for the scouting area may be identified based on a lane closest to the feature. A scouting objective may be generated for the feature based on the first bound and the second bound.
Claims19
A method of generating scouting objectives in order to update map information used to control a fleet of vehicles in an autonomous driving mode, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors of one or more server computing devices, a notification from a vehicle of the fleet identifying a feature and a location of the feature;
- identifying, by the one or more processors, a first bound for a scouting area based on the location of the feature;
- identifying, by the one or more processors, a second bound for the scouting area based on a lane closest to the feature;
- generating, by the one or more processors, a scouting objective for the feature based on the first bound and the second bound, wherein the scouting objective defines a scouting task for at least one other vehicle of the fleet to scout for the feature;
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- providing, by one or more processors, the scouting objective to the at least one other vehicle in order to enable the at least one other vehicle to capture data at the scouting area.
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