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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Qizhan Tam, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Ostafew, Mountain View, CA (US);
Manh Huynh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Huiching Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
Proactively mitigating risk to a vehicle traversing a vehicle transportation network includes identifying a location for a virtual vehicle. The virtual vehicle is added to a world object model maintained with respect to the vehicle. A trajectory is predicted for the virtual vehicle. The vehicle is autonomously controlled according to an adjusted trajectory that is based on the trajectory for the virtual vehicle. The adjusted trajectory includes at least one of a lateral constraint or a speed constraint. The location for the virtual vehicle is identified based on a lane in map data, a trajectory of a vehicle, and a perceptible area by sensors of the vehicle. The virtual vehicle is a hypothetical vehicle that is not observed by sensors of the vehicle.