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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Marco Argenti, Mercer Island, WA (US);

James Gosling, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/28 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); G01C 21/28 (2013.01); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, route information and/or location identifiers are directly encoded on a surface of a roadway. A route information service stores detailed route information that correspond with sections of a roadway and provides instructions to a road symbol application device to apply combinations of shapes to a surface of the roadway to encode the route information and/or location identifiers on the roadway. A sensor of a vehicle traversing the roadway detects the combination of symbols, decodes the combination of symbols to determine route information and/or location identifiers, and provides the route information to a control system of the vehicle for use in controlling the vehicle or displays the route information via a display of the vehicle.


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