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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
Piaggio Fast Forward, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Mitchell Weiss, Carlisle, MA (US);
Jeffrey Schnapp, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gregory Stewart Lynn, Venice, CA (US);
Rossitza Kotelova, Cambridge, MA (US);
PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method of modeling behavior for a self-driving vehicle, e.g., as a follower vehicle. Also provided is a vehicle configured to execute the behavior model to cooperatively navigate at least one structural element in an environment. The structural element can be or include a door, a vestibule, and/or an elevator, as examples. The behavior model can be formed by a method that includes tracking and measuring leader-follower interactions and actions with at least one structural element of an environment, representing the leader behaviors and the follower behavior in a behavior model, and electronically storing the behavioral model. The leader-follower interactions and actions can include leader behaviors and follower behaviors, including starts, stops, pauses, and movements of the leader, follower vehicle, and/or objects.