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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Bardh Hoxha, Canton, MI (US);
Tomoya Yamaguchi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abdelrahman Hekal, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Sergiy Bogomolov, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to estimating reachable states for a vehicle using a neural model. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an unverified command by a first controller and a safety command by a second controller for a projected path by an automated driving system (ADS) associated with a vehicle. The method also includes estimating reachable states by a neural network (NN) model that uses the unverified command and an initial condition for the vehicle, the reachable states representing positions and orientations for the vehicle within a bounded time and a state space associated with the initial condition and the projected path. The method also includes, upon determining that the reachable states satisfy collision criteria, executing by the vehicle a maneuver with the safety command for the projected path and generating subsequent commands using vehicle data from the first controller and the second controller.