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US 2026/0307674 A1Published application
Method and system for predicting external agent behavior
AssigneeMay Mobility, Inc.
InventorsJacob Crossman, Kapil Borle, Timothy Saucer, Edwin Olson
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Abstract
A method for predicting external agent behavior can include: receiving decisioning data, identifying a set of environmental agents (e.g., external agents), and evaluating a set of hypotheses for each environmental agent. A system for predicting external agent behavior can include a computing system and a sensor suite (e.g., onboard an autonomous vehicle), which can function to implement any or all of the processes of the method.
Claims9
A system, comprising:
- a set of sensors onboard an autonomous vehicle;
- and
- a processing system in communication with the set of sensors, wherein the processing system is configured to:
- collect environmental data from the set of sensors;
- identify a set of environmental agents in an environment of the autonomous vehicle based on the environmental data;
- generate a tree model for each environmental agent in the set of environmental agents based on a set of decisions, the tree model comprising nodes representing hypotheses for the environmental agent, wherein generating the tree model for comprises, for each decision of the set of decisions:
- selecting a subset of the environmental data based on the decision;
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- using a model associated with the decision, determining a probability for each of a set of hypotheses for the decision based on the subset of the environmental data;
- determine a set of environmental agent policy options for each environmental agent in the set of environmental agents based on the generated tree model for the environmental agent;
- perform a set of simulations based on the set of environmental agent policy options for each environmental agent and a set of ego agent policy options for the autonomous vehicle;
- select an ego agent policy for the autonomous vehicle based on the set of simulations;
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- implement operation of the vehicle according to the selected policy.
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