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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Salil Pandit, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniella Gutlansky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eamonn Doherty, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Friedman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jonathan Pedersen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Chan, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gaurav Agarwal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bruce Mai, Sacramento, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to evaluating quality of a predetermined pullover location for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a plurality of inputs for the predetermined pullover location may be received. The plurality of inputs may each include a value representative of a characteristic of the predetermined pullover location. The plurality of inputs may be combined to determine a pullover quality value for the predetermined pullover location. The pullover quality value may be provided to a vehicle in order to enable the vehicle to select a pullover location for the vehicle.