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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vijaysai Patnaik, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/207 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to managing a fleet of autonomous vehicles. For instance, a method may include receiving, from a plurality of the autonomous vehicles of the fleet, reports identifying locations of detected puddles. A miles per puddle rate may be determined based on the received reports. An operating policy for the fleet may be determined based on the miles per puddle rate. An instruction may be sent to one or more of the autonomous vehicles of the fleet in order to implement the operating policy.