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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);

Inventors:

Heishiro Toyoda, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Joshua Domeyer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18154 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01); B60W 2720/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

An autonomous vehicle can operate with respect to other vehicles at a multi-stop intersection. One or more other objects (e.g., vehicles) approaching the multi-stop intersection from a different direction than the autonomous vehicle can be detected. An arrival time of the autonomous vehicle and the detected one or more other objects at the multi-stop intersection can be determined. In response to determining that the arrival time of the autonomous vehicle and the detected one or more other objects at the multi-stop intersection is substantially the same, a driving maneuver for the autonomous vehicle can be determined. As an example, the driving maneuver can include stopping short of an originally intended stopping point and/or decelerating so that the arrival time of the autonomous vehicle is not substantially the same as the other objects at the multi-stop intersection. The autonomous vehicle can be caused to implement the determined driving maneuver.


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