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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.

Patent No.:

US 12606193 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2022

Method for determining an optimal location to wait for a left turn to minimize traffic impact

Applicant:

Here Global B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Jerome Beaurepaire, Courbevoie, FR;

Leon Stenneth, Chicago, IL (US);

Jeremy Michael Young, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

HERE GLOBAL B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorneys:

Michael Yu

HERE GLOBAL B.V.

Primary Examiner:

Kam Wan MA

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 30/18159 (2020.02); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02);
Abstract

A system, a method and a computer program product are provided to determine a left turn decision for a user or autonomous vehicle attempting to turn at an intersection of a road. For example, the system obtains contextual features and/or sensor data related to the intersection of the road. An optimal location on the road is determined for the user or autonomous vehicle to position the vehicle to make the left turn decision, based on the contextual features and/or the sensor data. A left turn risk factor is determined based on the location on the road for the user or autonomous vehicle to position the vehicle to make a left turn. An alert is presented to the user or autonomous vehicle regarding the left turn risk factor with a left turn advisory message.

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