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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2022
Applicant:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sriram Narayanan, San Jose, CA (US);

Liam Gallagher, San Francisco, CA (US);

Marin Kobilarov, Baltimore, MD (US);

Assignee:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2520/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are discussed for generating and optimizing trajectories for autonomous vehicles using route-relative numerical integration relative to a reference path. A planner component of an autonomous vehicle, for example, can receive or generate a reference path corresponding to a route through an environment. The current vehicle state, sideslip, and vehicle dynamics can be represented in a system of equations, such that the planner component can substantially simultaneously solve for subsequent trajectory states in a single convergence operation. In various examples, the subsequent trajectory states can be used to evaluate and determine candidate trajectories to control the autonomous vehicle to traverse the environment.


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