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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2022
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Massachusetts Institue of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xin Huang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Guy Rosman, Newton, MA (US);
Ashkan Mohammadzadeh Jasour, Merced, CA (US);
Stephen G. Mcgill, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
John J. Leonard, Newton, MA (US);
Brian C. Williams, Cambridge, MA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for task-informed planning by a behavior planning system of a vehicle includes observing a previous trajectory of an agent within a distance from the vehicle. The method also includes predicting, by the behavior planning system, a set of potential trajectories for the agent and/or the vehicle based on observing the previous trajectory. The method further includes selecting, by the behavior planning system, a potential action from a set of potential actions associated with a task to be performed by the vehicle, each potential action being associated with a utility value based on the respective potential action and the set of potential trajectories, the selected potential action being associated with a highest utility value of respective utility values associated with the set of potential actions. The method still further includes controlling the vehicle to perform an action associated with the potential action selected by the behavior planning system.