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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Kyle Hollins Wray, Amherst, MA (US);
Stefan Witwicki, San Carlos, CA (US);
Shlomo Zilberstein, Amherst, MA (US);
Melissa Cefkin, San Jose, CA (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Traversing, by an autonomous vehicle, a vehicle transportation network, may include identifying a policy for a scenario-specific operational control evaluation model of a distinct vehicle operational scenario, receiving a candidate vehicle control action from the policy, wherein, in response to a determination that an uncertainty value for the distinct vehicle operational scenario exceeds a defined uncertainty threshold, the candidate vehicle control action is an orientation-adjust vehicle control action, and traversing a portion of the vehicle transportation network in accordance with the candidate vehicle control action, wherein the portion of the vehicle transportation network includes the distinct vehicle operational scenario.