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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:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2022
Applicant:

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, Llc, Reston, VA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Muehlenstaedt, Bavaria, DE;

Roman Nagy, Unterhaching, DE;

Jost Poettner, Maisach, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/27 (2020.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/27 (2020.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); B60W 30/095 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0002 (2013.01); B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); B60W 60/0027 (2020.02);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for generating and refining simulation scenarios. For example, the method includes generating multiple base scenarios, each including one or more constant and one or more variable parameters. For each of the base scenarios, the method includes generating scenario variations, each of which is associated with a unique combination of values assigned to its base scenario's parameters. The method further includes determining a system boundary in a parameter space defined by the variable parameters, wherein the system boundary divides the parameter space into a region including successful scenario variations and a region including unsuccessful scenario variations, and generating additional scenario variations within a threshold distance of the system boundary. The method further includes simulating operation of an autonomous vehicle (AV) using one or more generated scenario variations.


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