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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jared Stephen Russell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Guillaume Dupre, San Francisco, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The technology relates to adjusting a trajectory of an autonomous vehicle. In one example, one or more processors are configured to determine a current trajectory and an alternate trajectory of the autonomous vehicle. The one or more processors select a segment of the current trajectory and a segment of the alternate trajectory and determine, for each of the segments, a total expected value of an estimated length of time to traverse the respective segment. The one or more processors may then select one of the segments having the lowest expected value and maneuver the autonomous vehicle along at least a portion of the selected segment.