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Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

N. Reginald Beer, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Jacob Trueblood, Dublin, CA (US);

Brian Matthew Wihl, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/1064 (2019.05); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01);
Abstract

A system for determining a travel direction that avoids objects when a vehicle travels from a current location to a target location is provided. The system determines a travel direction based on an attract-repel model. The system accesses external object information provided by an external object system. The external object information may include, for each of a plurality of objects, location, type, and constraint. The system assigns a repel value to the location of each object based on the type of and constraint on the object. The system assigns an attractive value to the target location. The system calculates a cumulative force based on the attractive and repulsive forces and sets the travel direction based on the cumulative force.


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