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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Motional Ad Llc, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Noushin Mehdipour, Allston, MA (US);

Ji Hyun Jeong, Somerville, MA (US);

Amitai Y. Bin-Nun, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Paul Schmitt, Merrimack, NH (US);

Radboud Duintjer Tebbens, Newton Center, MA (US);

Assignee:

Motional AD LLC, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/181 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02);
Abstract

Provided are methods for autonomous vehicle yielding, which can include obtaining sensor data associated with an environment and obtaining a rule indicative of a target expressive operation. Some methods described also include determining whether the sensor data meets a first criterion, applying the rule in response to the sensor data meeting the first criterion, evaluating a first trajectory of the autonomous vehicle, and selecting a second trajectory. Systems and computer program products are also provided.


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