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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:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Baidu Usa Llc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Haoyang Fan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Liangliang Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yajia Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Weicheng Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yifei Jiang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Qi Luo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jiangtao Hu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Qi Kong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

BAIDU USA LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 40/072 (2012.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 40/072 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G08G 1/165 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 2550/304 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to some embodiments, a system selects a number of polynomials representing a number of time segments of a time duration to complete the path trajectory. The system selects an objective function based on a number of cost functions to smooth speeds between the time segments. The system defines a set of constraints to the polynomials to at least ensure the polynomials are smoothly joined together. The system performs a quadratic programming (QP) optimization on the objective function in view of the set of constraints, such that a cost associated with the objective function reaches a minimum while the set of constraints are satisfied. The system generates a smooth speed for the time duration based on the optimized objective function to control the ADV autonomously.


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