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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sy Kelly Olson, Oakland, CA (US);

Collin MacGregor, Foster City, CA (US);

Jefferson Bradfield Packer, San Francisco, CA (US);

Andreas Christian Reschka, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); B60W 2400/00 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to performing one or more validity checks on potential trajectories for a device, such as an autonomous vehicle, to navigate. In some examples, a potential trajectory may be validated based on whether it is consistent with a current trajectory the vehicle is navigating such that the potential and current trajectories are not too different, whether the vehicle can feasibly or kinematically navigate to the potential trajectory from a current state, whether the potential trajectory was punctual or received within a time period of a prior trajectory, and/or whether the potential trajectory passes a staleness check, such that it was created within a certain time period. In some examples, determining whether a potential trajectory is feasibly may include updating a set of feasibility limits based on one or more operational characteristics of statuses of subsystems of the vehicle.


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