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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2023
Aurora Operations, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
James Jackson, Fruit Heights, UT (US);
Daniel Koch, Wexford, PA (US);
Michael Samples, Redmond, WA (US);
David Wheeler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Zlot, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A computing system can obtain, through one or more sensor systems onboard an autonomous vehicle, a motion input, a surface element registration input representing one or more tracked surface elements, and a lane alignment input representing one or more lane boundaries. The computing system can provide the motion input, the surface element registration input, and the lane alignment input to a pose estimation system including a localization filter. The pose estimation system can generate one or more pose states of the autonomous vehicle, including a local pose and a global pose. The computing system can determine a motion plan for the autonomous vehicle based on the one or more pose states.