US 2026/0301566 A1Published application

Driving scene similarity confirmations

AssigneeZoox, Inc.

InventorsMuhammad Umar Choudry, Meredith James Goldman, Jeffrey Loris Irion, Vishaal Samir Saraiya

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Abstract

Aspects of this disclosure relate to proactively transmitting resolution data to vehicle(s) in an environment that experience the same or similar uncertain sensor data. More specifically, aspects of this disclosure related to receiving, from a first vehicle, a confirmation request associated with first sensor data perceived in an environment (e.g., about which the first vehicle lacks sufficient confidence). Appropriate resolution data may be determined for the first sensor data (e.g., by a remote operations system), and may be transmitted to the first vehicle. Based on context data (e.g., location, position, orientation, perception) associated with a second vehicle, a likelihood that the second vehicle will perceive second sensor data that is similar to or the same as the first sensor data may be determined. Based on the likelihood, the resolution data may be transmitted to the second vehicle so that it is better equipped to navigate the second sensor data.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first vehicle at a first time, a request for guidance associated with an uncertainty in an environment perceived by the first vehicle;
determining, based at least in part on the uncertainty, a suggested action to resolve the uncertainty;
transmitting, to the first vehicle, the suggested action;
receiving, from the first vehicle, a first indication that the suggested action resolved the uncertainty for the first vehicle;
determining, based at least in part on a geolocation associated with a second vehicle operating in the environment, a likelihood that the second vehicle will perceive the uncertainty at a second time after the first time;
transmitting, based at least in part on the first indication and the likelihood meeting or exceeding a threshold likelihood, the suggested action to the second vehicle at a third time before the second time;
and
updating, based at least in part on a second indication that the suggested action successfully resolved the uncertainty for the second vehicle, map data associated with the uncertainty.

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A non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a first vehicle, a confirmation request associated with first sensor data perceived in an environment;
determining, based at least in part on the first sensor data, resolution data associated with the first sensor data;
transmitting, to the first vehicle, the resolution data;
determining, based at least in part on context data associated with a second vehicle operating in the environment, a likelihood that the second vehicle will perceive second sensor data associated with the first sensor data;
and
transmitting, based at least in part on the likelihood, the resolution data to the second vehicle,
wherein the second vehicle is configured to navigate the environment based at least in part on the resolution data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.