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Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

James Christopher Curlander, Bellevue, WA (US);

Pragyana K. Mishra, Seattle, WA (US);

Ryan Scott Russell, Bellevue, WA (US);

Hilliard Bruce Siegel, Seattle, WA (US);

Darren Ernest Canavor, Redmond, WA (US);

Wesley Scott Lauka, Seattle, WA (US);

Marshall Friend Tappen, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Jules Cook Graybill, Seattle, WA (US);

Udit Madan, Seattle, WA (US);

Erik Resch Parker, Snohomish, WA (US);

Jonathan Blair Norwood, Seattle, WA (US);

Allan Scott Bathurst, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0289 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G08G 1/0116 (2013.01); G08G 1/164 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for obtaining environmental data and operational data from autonomous vehicles in a roadway. A vehicle state of the autonomous vehicles can be updated using data that is obtained from nearby vehicles or other vehicles that are on the roadway. The roadway management system can also generate updates to the vehicle state based upon data obtained from sources external to autonomous vehicles.


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