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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Varun Agrawal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Michael Filarsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Funke, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vincent Andreas Laurense, Foster City, CA (US);
Glenn Xavier Liem, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jiayin Xia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described herein for safely transitioning a vehicle from a first trajectory to a second trajectory. In response to a safety event, for example, a vehicle may switch from being controlled in accordance with a nominal planner output (a planned trajectory) to a safety, or stopping, trajectory. In some examples, in response to the vehicle overcoming the safety event, a safe and smooth return to a nominal planning system output trajectory (an updated planned trajectory) may be determined and used to cause the vehicle to continue along to a previously determined destination.