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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2023
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
William V. Baxter, III, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kaifei Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mayank Singal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrei Tchouprakov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chenge Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ming Zou, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a memory storing instructions and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations including obtaining a set of input data representing a set of objects within a driving environment being navigated by an autonomous vehicle (AV), generating, based on the set of input data, future visibility information for a set of future locations along a trajectory of the AV within the driving environment, determining, based on the future visibility information, whether a point of sufficient visibility (PSV) exists among the set of future locations, wherein the PSV is a point determined to be clear of occlusions with respect to a speculative object, and controlling operation of the AV based on the PSV determined to exist among the set of future locations.