Object state tracking and prediction using supplemental information

Abstract

System, methods, and embodiments described herein relate to predicting a future state of an object detected in a vicinity of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for predicting a state of an object includes detecting, at a plurality of discrete times [t, t−1, t−2, . . . ], a respective plurality of states of the object, obtaining, based at least in part on a present location of the vehicle, supplemental information, associated with an environment of the present location, that indicates at least a speed reduction factor, executing a prediction operation to determine a predicted state of the object at a time t+1 based at least in part on the detected plurality of states and the supplemental information, determining an actual state of the object at a time t+1 based on data from the one or more sensors, and modifying the prediction operation based at least in part on the actual state.