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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Swarnakshi Kapil, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and techniques are provided for routing an autonomous vehicle (AV) in a flood condition. An example method can include collecting sensor data from one or more AVs, wherein the sensor data includes measurements associated with a level of precipitation in one or more locations; receiving map data descriptive of an elevation of ground at the one or more locations; determining that the level of precipitation in the one or more locations relative to the elevation of ground at the one or more locations is higher than a threshold; and transmitting an alert signal to the one or more AVs, the alert signal notifying of a flood condition at the one or more locations.