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Nutonomy Inc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Utah State University

Karl D Iagnemma

Harshavardhan Ravichandran

Hsun-Hsien Chang

Shih-Yuan Liu

Eric Wolff

Philipp Robbel

Sterling J Anderson

Steven C Peters

Yong Jae Kim

Tichakorn Wongpiromsarn

Noam Weinstein

Jacob C Cheuvront

Katarzyna Anna Marczuk

Sang Bae Kim

Shan Bao Cheng

Regan Andrew Zane

Karl D Brommer

Emilio Frazzoli

Baoxing Qin

Anette E Hosoi

Michael Evzelman

Youzhi Liang

Nadia G Cheng

Maxim B Labovsky

Annette E Hosoi

Dieter B Brommer

Matthew F Demers

Jose R Alvarado

Among other things, a vehicle drives autonomously on a trajectory through a road network to a goal location based on an automatic process for planning the trajectory without human intervention; and an automatic process alters the planning of the trajectory to reach a target location based on a request received from an occupant of the vehicle to engage in a speed-reducing maneuver.

Processing a request signal regarding operation of an autonomous vehicle

Among other things, a determination is made that intervention in an operation of one or more autonomous driving capabilities of a vehicle is appropriate. Based on the determination, a person is enabled to provide information for an intervention. The intervention is caused in the operation of the one or more autonomous driving capabilities of the vehicle.

Intervention in operation of a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities

Among other things, sensor signals are received using a vehicle comprising an autonomous driving capability. A risk associated with operating the vehicle is identified based on the sensor signals. The autonomous driving capability is modified in response to the risk. The operation of the vehicle is updated based on the modifying of the autonomous capability.

Risk processing for vehicles having autonomous driving capabilities

In general, an indication is received through a user interface of an intention of a potential rider to use an autonomous vehicle. In response to the receipt of the indication, a hailing request is sent by a signaling mode to at least one autonomous vehicle that can receive the hailing request directly in accordance with the signaling mode.

Hailing a vehicle

Among other things, stored data is maintained indicative of potential stopping places that are currently feasible stopping places for a vehicle within a region. The potential stopping places are identified as part of static map data for the region. Current signals are received from sensors or one or more other sources current signals representing perceptions of actual conditions at one or more of the potential stopping places. The stored data is updated based on changes in the perceptions of actual conditions. The updated stored data is exposed to a process that selects a stopping place for the vehicle from among the currently feasible stopping places.

Identifying a stopping place for an autonomous vehicle

Among other things, a vehicle is caused to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position, and, if no potential stopping place that is in the vicinity of the goal position and is acceptable and feasible can be identified, a human operator not onboard the vehicle is enabled to drive the vehicle to a stopping place.

Identifying stopping place for autonomous vehicle

Among other things, a command is received expressing an objective for operation of a vehicle within a denominated travel segment of a planned travel route. The objective spans a time series of (for example, is expressed at a higher or more abstract level than) control inputs that are to be delivered to one or more of the brake, accelerator, steering, or other operational actuator of the vehicle. The command is expressed to cause operation of the vehicle along a selected man-made travel structure of the denominated travel segment. A feasible manner of operation of the vehicle is determined to effect the command. A succession of control inputs is generated to one or more of the brake, accelerator, steering or other operational actuator of the vehicle in accordance with the determined feasible manner of operation.

Supervisory control of vehicles

Among other things, a viability of a route is determined. The route includes a sequence of connected road segments to be traveled by an autonomous vehicle from a starting position to a goal position. The route conforms to stored road network information.

Route planning for an autonomous vehicle

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