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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2022
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Amanda Lee Kelly Lockwood, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ravi Gogna, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary Linscott, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Caldwell, Mountain View, CA (US);
Marin Kobilarov, Baltimore, MD (US);
Paul Orecchio, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dan Xie, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ashutosh Gajanan Rege, San Jose, CA (US);
Jesse Sol Levinson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for autonomously operating a driverless vehicle along a path between a first geographic location and a destination may include receiving communication signals from the driverless vehicle. The communication signals may include sensor data from the driverless vehicle and data indicating occurrence of an event associated with the path. The communication signals may also include data indicating that a confidence level associated with the path is less than a threshold confidence level due to the event. The method may also include determining, via a teleoperations system, a level of guidance to provide the driverless vehicle based on data associated with the communication signals, and transmitting teleoperations signals to the driverless vehicle. The teleoperations signals may include guidance to operate the driverless vehicle according to the determined level of guidance, so that a vehicle controller maneuvers the driverless vehicle to avoid, travel around, or pass through the event.