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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2023
GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachary Wright Garcia, San Francisco, CA (US);
Changkai Zhou, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Yuwen Tong, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Nestor Grace, San Francisco, CA (US);
GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology provides solutions for determining, by an AV, whether a roadway is closed by determining and understanding the intent of the emergency vehicle. A method comprises navigating an autonomous vehicle (AV) along a roadway; receiving road data, by the AV, wherein the road data corresponds with at least one emergency vehicle; identifying the at least one emergency vehicle; determining a pose of the at least one emergency vehicle in relation to the roadway; and determining if the roadway is closed based on the pose of the emergency vehicle in relation to the roadway. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.