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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Chuang Wang, Woodside, CA (US);
Cooper Stokes Sloan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Noureldin Ehab Hendy, Foster City, CA (US);
William Harland Montgomery, Iv, Burlingame, CA (US);
Yi Xu, Pasadena, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle safety system of an autonomous vehicle may determine predicted velocity vectors for a potential collision, and use the velocity vectors to determine a trajectory for the autonomous vehicle to traverse the environment. The vehicle safety system may analyze sensor data to determine a likelihood of a potential collision with a dynamic object in the environment. Predicted velocity vectors may be determined for the autonomous vehicle and the dynamic object at a time and/or location associated with the potential collision. The predicted velocity vectors may be used to determine a point of impact, relative angle, and/or relative velocity between the autonomous vehicle and dynamic object at the potential collision. The likelihood of the potential collision and the predicted velocity vectors may be used to determine a trajectory for the autonomous vehicle, which may include following a current trajectory or transitioning to one or more contingent trajectories.