US 12,748,602 B2Granted

Supervised execution of software applications on vehicle computing devices

AssigneeZoox, Inc.

InventorsAditya Tammewar, Irusha Dilshan Vidanamadura, Andrey Shigapov

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Abstract

Techniques for supervised execution of software applications on a vehicle computing device. In some cases, an example method may include receiving a first request to operate a vehicle in a first operational mode. The method may further include determining that the first operational mode is associated with a first set of software applications comprising a first software application. The method may further include based at least in part on receiving the first request, initiating execution of the first software application. The method may further include, based at least in part on receiving the first request and determining that a second software application is outside the first set, at least one of stopping execution of the second software application or refraining from initiating execution of the second software application.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
at a first time, receiving a first request to operate a vehicle in a first operational mode;
determining that the first operational mode is associated with a first set of software applications comprising a first software application and a second software application, wherein at least one of the first software application or the second software application is associated with controlling the vehicle based at least in part on a trajectory that is determined by a vehicle computing device;
based on determining that a third software application is outside the first set, at least one of:
stopping execution of the third software application, or
refraining from initiating execution of the third software application;
determining that the second software application is operationally dependent on the first software application;
based at least in part on receiving the first request, initiating execution of the first software application;
based at least in part on determining that the second software application is operationally dependent on the first software application, initiating execution of the second software application based at least in part on a delay period;
at a second time, receiving a second request to operate the vehicle in a second operational mode;
determining that the second operational mode is associated with a second set of software applications comprising the third software application;
and
based at least in part on receiving the second request and determining that the at least one of the first software application or the second software application are outside of the second set, stopping execution of at least one of the first software application or the second software application;
and
initiating execution of a third software application associated with the second operational mode.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

at a first time, receiving a first request to operate a vehicle in a first operational mode;
determining that the first operational mode is associated with a first set of software applications comprising a first software application and a second software application, wherein at least one of the first software application or the second software application is associated with controlling the vehicle based at least in part on a trajectory that is determined by a vehicle computing device;
based on determining that a third software application is outside the first set, at least one of:
stopping execution of the third software application, or
refraining from initiating execution of the third software application;
determining that the second software application is operationally dependent on the first software application;
based at least in part on receiving the first request, initiating execution of the first software application;
based at least in part on determining that the second software application is operationally dependent on the first software application, initiating execution of the second software application based at least in part on a delay period;
at a second time, receiving a second request to operate the vehicle in a second operational mode;
determining that the second operational mode is associated with a second set of software applications comprising the third software application;
and
based at least in part on receiving the second request and determining that the at least one of the first software application or the second software application are outside of the second set, stopping execution of at least one of the first software application or the second software application;
and
initiating execution of a third software application associated with the second operational mode.

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A method comprising:

at a first time, receiving a first request to operate a vehicle in a first operational mode;
determining that the first operational mode is associated with a first set of software applications comprising a first software application and a second software application, wherein at least one of the first software application or the second software application is associated with controlling the vehicle based at least in part on a trajectory that is determined by a vehicle computing device;
based on determining that a third software application is outside the first set, at least one of:
stopping execution of the third software application, or
refraining from initiating execution of the third software application;
determining that the second software application is operationally dependent on the first software application;
based at least in part on receiving the first request, initiating execution of the first software application;
based at least in part on determining that the second software application is operationally dependent on the first software application, initiating execution of the second software application based at least in part on a delay period;
at a second time, receiving a second request to operate the vehicle in a second operational mode;
determining that the second operational mode is associated with a second set of software applications comprising the third software application;
and
based at least in part on receiving the second request and determining that the at least one of the first software application or the second software application are outside of the second set, stopping execution of at least one of the first software application or the second software application;
and
initiating execution of a third software application associated with the second operational mode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/744,049Filed 14 Jun 2024
Published: US 2025/0383886 A118 Dec 2025
Granted: 29 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06F 9/445
Arrangements for executing specific programs: program loading or initiating
G06F 8/433
Checking; Contextual analysis: dependency analysis; Data or control flow analysis
G06F 9/485
By program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system: task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution
G06F
Computing and data processing