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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Derek J. Phillips, Mountain View, CA (US);

Collin C. Otis, Driggs, ID (US);

Andreas Wendel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jackson P. Rusch, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); G01S 13/862 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. The method comprises receiving data from a set of sensors, wherein the data represents objects or obstacles in an environment of the autonomous vehicle; identifying objects or obstacles from the received data; determining multiple sets of attributes of the objects or obstacles, wherein each set of attributes of the objects or obstacles are determined based on data received by an individual sensor; determining a candidate trajectory for the autonomous vehicle based on the multiple sets of attributes of the objects or obstacles; and controlling the autonomous vehicle according to the candidate trajectory.


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