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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Khaled Refaat, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); B60W 2520/06 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2520/12 (2013.01); B60W 2520/125 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4046 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide for generating distributions for hypothetical or potentially occluded objects. For instance, a location for which to generate one or more distributions may be identified. Observations of road users by perception systems of a plurality of autonomous vehicles may be accessed. Each of these observations may identify a characteristic of one of the road users. A distribution of the characteristic for the location may be determined based on the observations. The distribution may be provided to one or more autonomous vehicles in order to enable the one or more autonomous vehicles to use the distribution to generate a characteristic for a hypothetical occluded road user and to respond to the hypothetical occluded road user.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Refaat, Khaled. (2026). Using distributions for characteristics of hypothetical occluded objects for autonomous vehicles (U.S. Patent No. 12608004). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12608004

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