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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Khaled Refaat, Mountain View, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The described aspects and implementations enable efficient utilization of multiple machine learning (ML) models with autonomous vehicles (AVs) to quickly and efficiently determine trajectory information of objects in a driving environment. During a time interval, a perception system of an AV generates, using a first ML model, an embedding based on data that characterizes an object's trajectory in the driving environment. At each sub-interval of multiple sub-intervals during the time interval, a second ML model uses the embedding to generate a probability distribution for the trajectory of the object, and a planning system of the AV generates an update to the AV's trajectory based on the probability distribution.