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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2020
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Martin Schubert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Philip Watson, Felton, CA (US);
Michael Grundmann, San Jose, CA (US);
Gabriella Levine, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Examples implementations relate to determining path confidence for a vehicle. An example method includes receiving a request for a vehicle to navigate a target location. The method further includes determining a navigation path for the vehicle to traverse a first segment of the target location based on a plurality of prior navigation paths previously determined for traversal of segments similar to the first segment of the target location. The method also includes determining a confidence level associated with the navigation path. Based on the determined confidence level, the method additionally includes selecting a navigation mode for the vehicle from a plurality of navigation modes corresponding to a plurality of levels of remote assistance. The method further includes causing the vehicle to traverse the first segment of the target location using a level of remote assistance corresponding to the selected navigation mode for the vehicle.