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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:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Motional Ad Llc, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Taigo Maria Bonanni, Clementi, SG;

Gioele Joshua Zardini, Besazio, CH;

Francesco Seccamonte, Goleta, CA (US);

Assignee:

Motional Ad LLC, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01C 21/3815 (2020.08); G01C 21/3859 (2020.08); G01C 21/3848 (2020.08);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a computer system and techniques for updating map data used for navigating an autonomous vehicle. In some embodiments, the computer system is configured to obtain map data including a starting location and a destination location; obtain a plurality of travel times corresponding to a plurality of respective possible routes for traveling from the starting location to the destination location; obtain benefit information for at least a first respective possible route; and determine a selected route based on the travel times and the benefit information. In some embodiments, the computer system is configured to obtain a route between a starting location and a destination location; obtain map-age information for the route; determine a first set of driving parameters for the autonomous vehicle based on the map-age information; and navigate the autonomous vehicle along the route using the first set of driving parameters.


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