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- Patent Title: Traffic signal response for autonomous vehicles
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Application No.: US16448230Application Date: 2019-06-21
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Publication No.: US11279346B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann , Andreas Wendel , Nathaniel Fairfield , Dmitri A. Dolgov , Donald Jason Burnette
- Applicant: WAYMO LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: WAYMO LLC
- Current Assignee: WAYMO LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Botos Churchill IP Law
- Main IPC: B60W30/09
- IPC: B60W30/09 ; G08G1/0962 ; G08G1/0967 ; B60W30/18

Abstract:
Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining whether a vehicle should continue through an intersection. For example, the one or more of the vehicle's computers may identify a time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red. The one or more computers may also estimate a location of a vehicle at the time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red. A starting point of the intersection may be identified. Based on whether the estimated location of the vehicle is at least a threshold distance past the starting point at the time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red, the computers can determine whether the vehicle should continue through the intersection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190351897A1 TRAFFIC SIGNAL RESPONSE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2019-11-21
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