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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Zoox, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Timothy David Kentley, Stanford, CA (US);
Jesse Sol Levinson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Amanda Blair Lind, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods implemented in algorithms, software, firmware, logic, or circuitry may be configured to process data and sensory input to determine whether an object external to an autonomous vehicle (e.g., another vehicle, a pedestrian, road debris, a bicyclist, etc.) may be a potential collision threat to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may be configured to implement active safety measures to avoid the potential collision and/or mitigate the impact of an actual collision to passengers in the autonomous vehicle and/or to the autonomous vehicle itself. Interior safety systems, exterior safety systems, a drive system or some combination of those systems may be activated to implement active safety measures in the autonomous vehicle.