Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous vehicle operation at multi-stop intersections
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Application No.: US14837351Application Date: 2015-08-27
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Publication No.: US10005464B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Heishiro Toyoda , Joshua Domeyer
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Darrow Mustafa PC
- Agent Christopher G. Darrow
- Main IPC: B60W30/18
- IPC: B60W30/18 ; B60W10/04 ; B60W10/18 ; B60W10/20 ; B60W30/08 ; G05D1/00 ; B60W10/184 ; B60W40/04 ; G08G1/01 ; G08G1/16

Abstract:
An autonomous vehicle can operate with respect to other vehicles at a multi-stop intersection. One or more other objects (e.g., vehicles) approaching the multi-stop intersection from a different direction than the autonomous vehicle can be detected. An arrival time of the autonomous vehicle and the detected one or more other objects at the multi-stop intersection can be determined. In response to determining that the arrival time of the autonomous vehicle and the detected one or more other objects at the multi-stop intersection is substantially the same, a driving maneuver for the autonomous vehicle can be determined. As an example, the driving maneuver can include stopping short of an originally intended stopping point and/or decelerating so that the arrival time of the autonomous vehicle is not substantially the same as the other objects at the multi-stop intersection. The autonomous vehicle can be caused to implement the determined driving maneuver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170057514A1 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION AT MULTI-STOP INTERSECTIONS Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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