US 2023/0415739 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION BASED ON LATERAL OBJECTS

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer program products for controlling acceleration of a vehicle. The methods comprising: detecting, by a computing device, a lateral distance from a point on a trajectory of the vehicle to a first object the vehicle is expected to pass when following the trajectory, the first object being located off of and to a side of the trajectory and the point representing a future location of the vehicle while passing the first object; selecting, by the computing device, whether acceleration limiting is to be performed by the vehicle based on the lateral distance; obtaining an amount by which the acceleration of the vehicle is to be limited, when a selection is made that acceleration limiting is to be performed by the vehicle; and causing, by the computing device, the vehicle to perform operations for autonomous driving with limiting of acceleration by the obtained amount.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling acceleration of a vehicle, comprising:

detecting, by a computing device, a lateral distance from a point on a trajectory of the vehicle to a first object the vehicle is expected to pass when following the trajectory, the first object being located off of and to a side of the trajectory and the point representing a future location of the vehicle while passing the first object;
selecting, by the computing device, whether acceleration limiting is to be performed by the vehicle based on the lateral distance;
obtaining an amount by which the acceleration of the vehicle is to be limited, when a selection is made that acceleration limiting is to be performed by the vehicle;
and
causing, by the computing device, the vehicle to perform operations for autonomous driving with limiting of acceleration by the obtained amount.

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A system, comprising:

a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to implement a method for controlling acceleration of a vehicle, wherein the programming instructions comprise instructions to:
detect a lateral distance from a point on a trajectory of the vehicle to a first object the vehicle is expected to pass when following the trajectory, the first object being located off of and to a side of the trajectory and the point representing a future location of the vehicle while passing the first object;
select whether acceleration limiting is to be performed by the vehicle based on the lateral distance;
obtain an amount by which the acceleration of the vehicle is to be limited, when a selection is made that acceleration limiting is to be performed by the vehicle;
and
cause the vehicle to perform operations for autonomous driving with limiting of acceleration by the obtained amount.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for controlling longitudinal acceleration based on lateral objects

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Systems and methods for controlling longitudinal acceleration based on lateral objects

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Abstract

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