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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Negin Lashkari, Markham, CA;
Tooba Ahmad Sheikh, Thornhill, CA;
Thiago Campos Gondim Martins Coelho, Stouffville, CA;
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided that include: obtaining sensor data pertaining to a roadway in which a host vehicle and an emergency vehicle are both travelling; generating, using map data pertaining to the roadway, a grid of a plurality of potential cells along the roadway for the host vehicle to pull over to yield right of way to the emergency vehicle; prioritizing, via a processor of the host vehicle, the plurality of potential cells based on a plurality of different criteria as to conditions of the host vehicle and the roadway; selecting, via the processor, one of the plurality of potential cells as an optimal pull over location for the host vehicle along the roadway, based on the prioritizing of the plurality of cells; and taking a vehicle action for the host vehicle, in accordance with instructions provided by the processor, with respect to the optimal pull over location.