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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2018
Applicants:

David A. Rosenthal, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Andreas H. Bockert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jessica A. Butorac, San Jose, CA (US);

Gunnar Martin Byrod, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shane T. Hinerman, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Kjell Fredrik Larsson, San Jose, CA (US);

William W. Luciw, Los Altos, CA (US);

Patrick L. Wheeler, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

David A. Rosenthal, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Andreas H. Bockert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jessica A. Butorac, San Jose, CA (US);

Gunnar Martin Byrod, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shane T. Hinerman, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Kjell Fredrik Larsson, San Jose, CA (US);

William W. Luciw, Los Altos, CA (US);

Patrick L. Wheeler, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes obtaining a rule that is associated with a segment of a map, determining a state for use in evaluation of the rule, evaluating the rule using the state, identifying an action to be performed based on a result of evaluating the rule using the state, and utilizing the action to be performed as an input to an automated control system of a vehicle.


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