US 2025/0050908 A1 · TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING ROAD BLOCKAGES AND GENERATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

Abstract

The present disclosure involves systems and methods for detecting road blockages and generating alternative routes. In some cases, a system detects, based at least in part on sensor data associated with an autonomous vehicle, a portion of an environment that impedes a planned path of the autonomous vehicle. The system determines a semantic classification associated with the portion of the environment and transmits a re-routing request comprising the semantic classification to one or more remote computing devices. The system receives an instruction associated with navigating the autonomous vehicle around the portion of the environment from the remote computing devices, where the instruction includes an alternative route determined from a plurality of alternative routes. The system further controls the autonomous vehicle to navigate around the portion of the environment based at least in part on the instruction.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining, at an autonomous vehicle, a portion of an environment that impedes a planned path of the autonomous vehicle;
determining, at the autonomous vehicle and based at least in part on the portion of the environment that impedes the planned path, re-routing data associated with navigating the autonomous vehicle around the portion of the environment, the re-routing data comprising an alternative route;
and
controlling, based at least in part on the re-routing data, the autonomous vehicle to navigate around the portion of the environment.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

detecting, at an autonomous vehicle, a portion of an environment that impedes a planned path of the autonomous vehicle;
determining, at the autonomous vehicle and based at least in part on the portion of the environment that impedes the planned path, re-routing data associated with navigating the autonomous vehicle around the portion of the environment, the re-routing data comprising an alternative route;
and
controlling, based at least in part on the re-routing data, the autonomous vehicle to navigate around the portion of the environment.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
detecting, at an autonomous vehicle, a portion of an environment that impedes a planned path of the autonomous vehicle;
determining, at the autonomous vehicle and based at least in part on the portion of the environment that impedes the planned path, re-routing data associated with navigating the autonomous vehicle around the portion of the environment, the re-routing data comprising an alternative route;
and
controlling, based at least in part on the re-routing data, the autonomous vehicle to navigate around the portion of the environment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Techniques for detecting road blockages and generating alternative routes

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Techniques for detecting road blockages and generating alternative routes

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Abstract

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