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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2023
Applicant:

Motional Ad Llc, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Bence Cserna, Nahant, MA (US);

Eric Wolff, Boston, MA (US);

Shih-Yuan Liu, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Motional AD LLC, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
Abstract

Among other things, techniques are described for receiving, from at least one sensor of a vehicle, sensor data associated with a surface along a path to be traveled by a vehicle; using a surface classifier to determine a classification of the surface based on the sensor data; determining, based on the classification of the surface, drivability properties of the surface; planning, based on the drivability properties of the surface, a behavior of the vehicle when driving near the surface or on the surface; and controlling the vehicle based on the planned behavior.


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