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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Baidu Usa Llc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
BAIDU USA LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 30/095 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/3446 (2013.01); G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G01C 21/3658 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, autonomous driving control is provided for an autonomous vehicle changing from a source lane to a target lane. Using a topological map, a reference node is selected in the source lane. With respect to the reference node, an earliest node is determined in the source lane at which it is first possible for the vehicle to change lanes and a last node is determined in the source lane after which it is no longer possible to change lanes. A range of the source lane is determined for which the vehicle can change lanes.