Using Visual Abstractions to Improve Spatially Aware Nominal Safety in Autonomous Vehicles

VN Modak - 2024 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
As autonomous vehicles (AVs) evolve, ensuring their safety extends beyond traditional met-
rics. While current nominal safety scores focus on the timeliness of AV responses like …

[PDF][PDF] Online Drivable Space Estimation for Automated Driving

E Silvas, G Dubbelman, RMB Smit, PFV Oliveira… - pure.tue.nl
The emergence of Automated Driving (AD) technology holds significant promise to increase
road users' safety, as well as improve environmental-, economic-and user benefits …

Methods and system for predicting trajectories of uncertain road users by semantic segmentation of drivable area boundaries

GB Nichols - US Patent 11,880,203, 2024 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for controlling navigation of an autonomous vehicle for traversing a
drivable area are disclosed. The methods include receiving information relating to a drivable …