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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2019
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Blythe Towal, San Diego, CA (US);
Carolina Parada, Boulder, CO (US);
Vijay Chintalapudi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Maroof Mohammed Farooq, Boulder, CO (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A navigation path can be determined for an object using one or more neural networks. In various embodiments, image data is obtained that is representative of an environment in which the object is to be navigated. Relevant features are identified from the image, and a curve fit to those features. Loss values for the potential paths are scaled based at least in part upon the distance of those features in the real world. This can include, in at least some embodiments, performing the scaling as a function of the curvature of the curve fit to the features. Temporal smoothing can be performed with respect to prior path predictions in order to prevent sudden changes in the predicted path. The paths are analyzed to select a path with a highest confidence value that also at least satisfies a minimum confidence criterion. The path can be converted into three-dimensional navigation information.