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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:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Motional Ad Llc, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Spielberg, Boston, MA (US);

Thomas Kølbæk Jespersen, Singapore, SG;

Georgios Mamakoukas, Boston, MA (US);

Jesse Miller, Boston, MA (US);

Bence Cserna, East Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:

Motional AD LLC, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0027 (2020.02); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0022 (2013.01); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02);
Abstract

Provided are methods for determining a trajectory, which can include obtaining, using the at least one processor, sensor data associated with an environment in which a vehicle is operating, wherein the environment comprises one or more agents including a first agent; determining, using the at least one processor, based on the sensor data, a first prediction associated with the first agent; determining, using at least one processor, based on the first prediction, a primary homotopy; determining, using the at least one processor, based on the primary homotopy and the first prediction, one or more contingency homotopies associated with a contingency; determining, using the at least one processor, based on the primary homotopy and the one or more contingency homotopies, a primary trajectory; and providing, using the at least one processor, operation data associated with the primary trajectory to cause the vehicle to operate based on the primary trajectory.


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