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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2023
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Adam Shoemaker, Christiansburg, VA (US);
John Blankenhorn, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Garrett Madsen, Austin, TX (US);
Joshua Petrin, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Ajay Tulsyan, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Brown, Roanoke, VA (US);
Savio Pereira, Austin, TX (US);
William Davis, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel Fernández, Roanoke, VA (US);
Yexuan Hao, Blacksburg, VA (US);
TORC Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of generating lane selection cost maps to control autonomous vehicles are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle system can receive a plurality of cost values from a plurality of components of an autonomous vehicle; generate a lane selection cost map based on the plurality of cost values; determining that the autonomous vehicle should change lanes based on the lane selection cost map; and transmit a command that causes the autonomous vehicle to change lanes responsive to determining that the autonomous vehicle should change lanes.