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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jonathan Lee Pedersen, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Yu Zheng, Milpitas, CA (US);
Eamonn Michael Doherty, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Clair Williammee, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Kevin Joseph Malta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chung Eun Kim, San Mateo, CA (US);
Xu Dong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting a pull-over location using machine learning. One of the methods includes obtaining data specifying a target pull-over location for an autonomous vehicle travelling on a roadway. A plurality of candidate pull-over locations in a vicinity of the target pull-over location are identified. For each candidate pull-over location, an input that includes features of the candidate pull-over location is processed using a machine learning model to generate a respective likelihood score representing a predicted likelihood that the candidate pull-over location is an optimal location. The features of the candidate pull-over location include one or more features that compare the candidate pull-over location to the target pull-over location. Using the respective likelihood scores, one of the candidate pull-over locations is selected as an actual pull-over location for the autonomous vehicle.