- Patent Title: Predicting trajectories of objects based on contextual information
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Application No.: US17123219Application Date: 2020-12-16
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Publication No.: US12090997B1Publication Date: 2024-09-17
- Inventor: David Ian Franklin Ferguson , David Harrison Silver , Stéphane Ross , Nathaniel Fairfield , Ioan-Alexandru Sucan
- 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 ; B60W30/095 ; B60W30/18 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and responding to objects in a vehicle's environment. For example, an object may be identified in a vehicle's environment, the object having a heading and location. A set of possible actions for the object may be generated using map information describing the vehicle's environment and the heading and location of the object. A set of possible future trajectories of the object may be generated based on the set of possible actions. A likelihood value of each trajectory of the set of possible future trajectories may be determined based on contextual information including a status of the detected object. A final future trajectory is determined based on the determined likelihood value for each trajectory of the set of possible future trajectories. The vehicle is then maneuvered in order to avoid the final future trajectory and the object.
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