Guidance of autonomous vehicles in destination vicinities using intent signals
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsScott M. Herz, Sawyer I. Cohen, Samuel B. Gooch, Wolf Kienzle, Karlin Y. Bark, Jack J. Wanderman
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Abstract
Signals usable to determine a path of a vehicle towards a particular stopping point in a vicinity of a destination are detected from an individual authorized to provide guidance with respect to movements of the vehicle. Based at least in part on the signals and a data set pertaining to the external environment of the vehicle, one or more vehicular movements to be implemented to proceed along the path are identified. A directive is transmitted to a motion control subsystem of the vehicle to initiate one of the vehicular movements.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- performing, at one or more computing devices:
- obtaining a first indication of a destination of a vehicle;
- detecting, using one or more sensors, one or more signals generated by an individual authorized to provide guidance with respect to movements of the vehicle, wherein the one or more signals are usable to determine a navigation path within a vicinity of the destination;
- identifying, based at least in part on (a) the one or more signals and (b) a data set pertaining to an external environment of the vehicle, one or more vehicular movements to be implemented to proceed along the navigation path;
- and
- transmitting a first directive to one or more motion control subsystems of the vehicle to initiate at least a first vehicular movement of the one or more vehicular movements.
A system, comprising:
- one or more sensor devices;
- and
- a navigation manager implemented at least in part at a computing device;
- wherein the navigation manager is configured to:
- detect, using the one or more sensor devices, one or more signals generated by an individual permitted to provide guidance with respect to movements of a vehicle, wherein the one or more signals are usable to determine a navigation path within a vicinity of a destination;
- identify, based at least in part on (a) the one or more signals and (b) a data set pertaining to an external environment of the vehicle, one or more vehicular movements to be implemented to proceed along the navigation path;
- and
- transmit a first directive to one or more motion control subsystems of the vehicle to initiate at least a first vehicular movement of the one or more vehicular movements.
A non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium storing program instructions that when executed on one or more processors:
- detect, using one or more sensor devices, one or more signals generated by an individual permitted to provide guidance with respect to movements of a vehicle, wherein the one or more signals are usable to determine a navigation path within a vicinity of a destination;
- identify, based at least in part on (a) the one or more signals and (b) a data set pertaining to an external environment of the vehicle, one or more vehicular movements to be implemented to proceed along the navigation path;
- and
- transmit a first directive to one or more motion control subsystems of the vehicle to initiate at least a first vehicular movement of the one or more vehicular movements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.