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Patent No.:

US 12606195 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2022

Techniques for generating map reference priors for an autonomous vehicle planning stack

Applicant:

GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonathon Gillespie, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nishant Sharma, Hayward, CA (US);

Joseph Sadusk, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bradley Perry, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Honigman LLP

Matthew H. Szalach

Jonathan P. O'Brien

Primary Examiner:

Hongye Liang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method for providing a reference prior for a portion of a route to a planning stack of a vehicle. The method includes accessing manual driving data associated with the route portion, the manual driving data stored in a database; averaging the accessed manual driving data to determine a nominal path for the route portion; and providing the nominal path to the planning stack of the vehicle as the reference prior for the route portion, wherein the planning stack consumes the reference prior for planning maneuvers of the vehicle in traversing the route portion.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gillespie, Jonathon. (2026). Techniques for generating map reference priors for an autonomous vehicle planning stack (U.S. Patent No. 12606195). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12606195

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