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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2023
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeremy Dittmer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andreas Wendel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Example implementations may relate to sun-aware vehicle routing. In particular, a computing system of a vehicle may determine an expected position of the sun relative to a geographic area. Based on the expected position, the computing system may make a determination that travel of the vehicle through certain location(s) within the geographic area is expected to result in the sun being proximate to an object within a field of view of the vehicle's image capture device. Responsively, the computing system may generate a route for the vehicle in the geographic area based at least on the route avoiding travel of the vehicle through these certain location(s), and may then operate the vehicle to travel in accordance with the generated route. Ultimately, this may help reduce or prevent situations where quality of image(s) degrades due to sunlight, which may allow for use of these image(s) as basis for operating the vehicle.