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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Scott Julian Varnhagen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alice Kassar, Detroit, MI (US);
Ghassan Atmeh, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Neal Seegmiller, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ramadev Burigsay Hukkeri, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer program products for generating a reference path for an autonomous vehicle. The methods comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a reference trajectory for the autonomous vehicle; generating, by the computing device, a first alternative trajectory for the autonomous vehicle based on an objective identified by the reference trajectory; comparing, by the computing device, the first alternative trajectory to the reference trajectory or a previously generated alternative trajectory; selecting, by the computing device, whether to generate a second alternative trajectory based on a result of said comparing; and generating, by the computing device, the second alternative trajectory for the autonomous vehicle in response to said selecting.