Driving system for distribution of planning and control functionality between vehicle device and cloud computing device, vehicle computing device, and cloud computing device

A cloud computing device at a location physically separated from a vehicle, the cloud computing device comprising:

• a memory;
• a communication device configured to communicate wirelessly with a vehicle computing device on the vehicle;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive, by way of the communication device, navigation information from the vehicle computing device, wherein the navigation information comprises destination information, location information of the vehicle, and high-definition map information regarding a surrounding environment of the vehicle;
• generate, based on the navigation information, path information comprising primary path information and backup path information;
• and
• transmit the path information to the vehicle computing device.

A vehicle computing device on a vehicle, the vehicle computing device comprising:

• a memory;
• a communication device configured to communicate with a cloud computing device at a location physically separated from a vehicle;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• transmit navigation information to the cloud computing device, wherein the navigation information comprises destination information, location information of the vehicle, and high-definition map information regarding a surrounding environment of the vehicle;
• receive path information from the cloud computing device, the path information comprising primary path information and backup path information;
• and
• control a trajectory of the vehicle based on the received path information.