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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Inventors:

Rikki Valverde, Blacksburg, VA (US);

Lorenzo Tarsitano, Blacksburg, VA (US);

Assignee:

Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/024 (2020.02); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 60/00274 (2020.02); B60W 2510/0275 (2013.01); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method may include monitoring, by a processor associated with an autonomous vehicle, a status of a traffic light. The method may include monitoring, by the processor, a movement status of at least one vehicle within a same lane as the autonomous vehicle, the at least one vehicle having a stationary position in relation to the traffic light. The method may include executing, by the processor, a computer model to predict a change of movement status for the at least one vehicle in accordance with the status of the traffic light. The method may include in response to the computer model predicting a change of movement status for the at least one vehicle from the stationary position to a moving status, instructing, by the processor, the autonomous vehicle to increase a torque value of the autonomous vehicle at a predetermined time before the change of the movement status.


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