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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

James Christopher Curlander, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Ryan Scott Russell, Bellevue, WA (US);

Allan Scott Bathurst, Seattle, WA (US);

Udit Madan, Seattle, WA (US);

Jules Cook Graybill, Seattle, WA (US);

Jonathan Blair Norwood, Seattle, WA (US);

Wesley Scott Lauka, Seattle, WA (US);

Pragyana K. Mishra, Seattle, WA (US);

Darren Ernest Canavor, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for coordination of autonomous vehicles in a roadway. A roadway management system can generate lane configurations for a roadway or a portion of the roadway. The roadway management system can determine the direction of travel for lanes in a roadway and direct autonomous automobiles to enter the roadway in a particular lane.


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