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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Outrider Technologies, Inc., Brighton, CO (US);
Inventors:
Peter James, Golden, CO (US);
Andrew Smith, Golden, CO (US);
Lawrence Klein, Bend, OR (US);
Jeremy Nett, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Outrider Technologies, Inc., Brighton, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G06V 20/586 (2022.01); B60W 2300/14 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01);
Abstract
A path for an autonomous tractor to move a trailer from a start spot to an ending spot has at least one path segment and a variation indicator that indicates a path variant for the autonomous tractor to follow for the path segment. The autonomous tractor follows the path variant to reduce wear caused by repetitive use of the same path by the autonomous tractor. The path variant may be selected as a least frequented path variant or may be selected as having carried the least amount of weight.