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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:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2023
Applicant:

Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jean-Yves Couleaud, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Dhananjay Lal, Englewood, CO (US);

Tao Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Zhiyun Li, Kenmore, WA (US);

Assignee:

Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/3608 (2013.01); G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for enabling route determination to maximize an operator's intent are described. In an example, a method includes receiving an input via a user interface, the input comprising a destination. The method also includes determining a primary goal and a secondary goal, wherein the primary goal comprises identifying a traversable route from a starting location to the destination, determining a plurality of waypoints based on the secondary goal, and determining a plurality of candidate routes based on the starting location and the destination. The method then includes identifying, from among the plurality of candidate routes, based on a number of waypoints of the plurality of waypoints positioned along each respective route of the plurality of candidate routes, a target route, and generating for navigation by a vehicle, the target route.


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