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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Kyle Hollins Wray, Amhurst, MA (US);
Stefan Witwicki, San Carlos, CA (US);
Shlomo Zilberstein, Amherst, MA (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Traversing, by an autonomous vehicle, a vehicle transportation network, may include identifying a distinct vehicle operational scenario, wherein traversing the vehicle transportation network includes traversing a portion of the vehicle transportation network that includes the distinct vehicle operational scenario, communicating shared scenario-specific operational control management data associated with the distinct vehicle operational scenario with an external shared scenario-specific operational control management system, operating a scenario-specific operational control evaluation module instance including an instance of a scenario-specific operational control evaluation model of the distinct vehicle operational scenario, and wherein operating the scenario-specific operational control evaluation module instance includes identifying a policy for the scenario-specific operational control evaluation model, receiving a candidate vehicle control action from the policy for the scenario-specific operational control evaluation model, and traversing a portion of the vehicle transportation network based on the candidate vehicle control action.