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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel Lynn Larner, San Jose, CA (US);
Atul Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Tarzana, CA (US);
Thomas Daniel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying safety mechanisms in an autonomous vehicle. A projected future location of an object may be identified. The projected future location of the object will intersect with a projected future location of the vehicle at a time T. An impact point P corresponding to a three dimensional location in space where the vehicle and object will collide at the time T may be identified. One of a plurality of safety mechanisms of the vehicle that can be moved closest to point P before or at the time T may be selected. The selected safety mechanism may be moved from a first point on the vehicle to a second point on the vehicle such that the safety mechanism moves towards the point P. After moving the selected safety mechanism, the safety mechanism is then deployed based on the time T.