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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2021
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Fei Xia, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bing Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
David Lee, San Carlos, CA (US);
Zijian Guo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The described aspects and implementations enable vehicle light classification in autonomous vehicle (AV) applications. In one implementation, disclosed is a method and a system to perform the method that includes, obtaining, by a processing device, first image data characterizing a driving environment of an autonomous vehicle (AV). The processing device may identify, based on the image data, a vehicle within the driving environment. The processing device may process the image data using one or more trained machine-learning models (MLMs) to determine a state of one or more lights of the vehicle and cause an update to a driving path of the AV based on the determined state of the lights.