Real-time perception adjustment and driving adaption based on surrounding vehicles' behavior for autonomous driving vehicles

J Tao, D Li, Y Jiang, L Zhang, J Hu - US Patent 10,782,699, 2020 - Google Patents
A real-time perception adjustment and correction and driving adaption method for
autonomous driving is provided. The system will analyze the driving behaviors of …

State machine for obstacle avoidance

M Gier, WA Silva - US Patent 11,532,167, 2022 - Google Patents
Primary Examiner Santiago Garcia (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Lee & Hayes, PC (57)
ABSTRACT A vehicle can traverse an environment along a first region and detect an …

Negotiation-based human-robot collaboration via augmented reality

S Zhang, KD Chandan - US Patent 11,958,183, 2024 - Google Patents
Effective human-robot collaboration (HRC) requires extensive communication among the
human and robot teammates, because their actions can potentially produce conflicts …

State machine for traversing junctions

M Gier, L Ma, WA Silva - US Patent 11,137,766, 2021 - Google Patents
Techniques are discussed for controlling a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, to
navigate a junction in an environment. In some cases, the techniques can be used to …

Obstacle avoidance action

M Gier, WA Silva - US Patent 11,427,191, 2022 - Google Patents
A vehicle can traverse an environment along a first region and detect an obstacle impeding
progress of the vehicle. The vehicle can determine a second region that is adjacent to the …

Method on moving obstacle representation for trajectory planning

L Zhang, D Li, J Hu, J Tao, Y Jiang, F Zhu - US Patent 10,816,985, 2020 - Google Patents
According to some embodiments, a system operates an ADV. In one embodiment, the
system perceives a driving environment surrounding the ADV based on sensor data …

Method for generating a reference line by stitching multiple reference lines together using multiple threads

D Li, L Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Jiang… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, when an ADV is driving on a trajectory generated based on a reference
line, a separate processing thread is executed to precalculate a new reference line as a …

Method and system for planning the motion of a vehicle

W Turlej, M Orlowski, T Wrona… - US Patent 11,584,393, 2023 - Google Patents
B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR
DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID …

End dynamics and constraints relaxation algorithm on optimizing an open space trajectory

R He, Y Wang, J Zhou, Q Luo, J Miao, J Hu… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
A method of navigating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes determining a target
function for an open space model based on one or more obstacles and map information …

Intermediate waypoint generator

GC Fay, A Rizzi - US Patent 11,268,816, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for generating intermediate waypoints for a navi gation system of
a robot includes receiving a navigation route. The navigation route includes a series of high …