Systems for autonomous vehicle route selection and execution

A system, for implementation with an autonomous-driving-capable vehicle, comprising:

• a hardware-based processing unit;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
• an input-interface module that, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, obtains factor data indicating one or more factors relevant to determining an autonomous-driving vehicle travel route;
• and
• a route-generation module comprising an autonomous-driving route-safety sub-module, wherein:
• the autonomous-driving route-safety sub-module, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, determines, based on the factor data, one or more autonomous-driving route-safety indexes corresponding to one or more respective optional routes;
• and
• the route-generation module, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, determines the vehicle travel route based on the autonomous-driving route-safety indexes.

A system comprising:

• a hardware-based processing unit;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
• an input-interface module that, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, obtains factor data indicating one or more factors relevant to determining a vehicle travel route;
• and
• a route-generation module comprising a route-comfort sub-module, wherein:
• the route-comfort sub-module, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, determines, based on the factor data, one or more route-comfort indexes corresponding to one or more respective optional routes;
• and
• the route-generation module, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, determines the vehicle travel route based on at least the route-comfort indexes.