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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Uatc, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Raymond Sturges, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander Edward Chao, Oakland, CA (US);
Yifang Liu, Burlingame, CA (US);
Xiaodong Zhang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard Brian Donnelly, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bryan John Nagy, Allison Park, PA (US);
Jeff Schneider, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Collin Christopher Otis, Canonsburg, PA (US);
UATC, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a canonical route includes receiving trip data associated with one or more traversals of a plurality of roadways in a geographic location by one or more autonomous vehicles. The method includes generating at least one canonical route based on the trip data, wherein the at least one canonical route includes at least one roadway connected with another roadway in the plurality of roadways. The method includes providing canonical route data associated with the at least one canonical route to an autonomous vehicle for controlling travel of the autonomous vehicle on the at least one canonical route.