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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2012
X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith Allen Bonawitz, Mountain View, CA (US);
X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Example methods and systems for determining when to decommission vehicles from a fleet of autonomous vehicles are described. One method includes receiving information indicating a sequence of coverage requirements for a region over a period of time, and the region is characterized by landmarks and the period of time is divided into time intervals. Landmarks may be defined as a decommissioning site representative of a location at which a given vehicle can be taken out of service, and the method includes determining estimated landmarks that can be reached by one or more vehicles starting from a respective landmark by an end of a respective time interval, and based on the sequence of coverage requirements, determining which vehicles from among the vehicles that can reach the one or more landmarks defined as the decommissioning site to take out of service.