The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Motional Ad Llc, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Bence Cserna, East Boston, MA (US);

Tianyi Gu, Dover, NH (US);

Eric Wolff, Boston, MA (US);

Elena Corina Grigore, Boston, MA (US);

Mochan Shrestha, Blawnox, PA (US);

Assignee:

Motional AD LLC, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01C 21/3453 (2013.01);
Abstract

Among other things, techniques are described for driver data guided spatial planning. A spatial structure is generated comprising a plurality of nodes connected by edges. At least some of the nodes and edges represent a path to navigate a vehicle from a first point to a second point. Edges of the spatial structure are labeled as useful based on a distance metric. The spatial structure is pruned by removing one or more edges from the spatial structure according to a respective label of the edges, wherein an extent of the removal is based on a predetermined graph size, a predetermined performance, or any combinations thereof to obtain a pruned graph. A path from the first point to the second point on the pruned graph is identified and the vehicle is navigated in accordance with the path from the first point to the second point on the pruned graph.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…