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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Uatc, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Kroop, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Matthew Way, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

David McAllister Bradley, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

UATC, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

An autonomous vehicle can implement a primary motion planner to continuously determine an first motion plan for the AV, and a secondary motion planner to continuously determine a backup motion plan for the AV. The secondary motion planner can comprise one or more cost metrics that act to diverge the backup motion plan from the first motion plan. A control system of the AV may then analyze a live sensor view generated by a sensor suite of the AV to operate acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the AV along sequential route trajectories selected between the first motion plan and the backup motion plan.


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