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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2024
Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Pengju Jin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Vernaza, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An example method for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes generating, using perception data, a dynamic cost profile associated with an object in the environment; obtaining map data describing lanes of the multilane roadway; generating, using the map data, a lane cost profile that includes a plurality of basins respectively associated with the lanes; generating a candidate trajectory for the autonomous vehicle to traverse in the environment; evaluating the candidate trajectory using an aggregate cost of the candidate trajectory, the aggregate cost computed using the lane cost profile and the dynamic cost profile; determining a selected trajectory for execution by the autonomous vehicle based on the evaluation of the candidate trajectory; controlling the autonomous vehicle according to the selected trajectory.