Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Computer-implemented method and a system for defining a path for a vehicle within an environment with obstacles
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Application No.: US16570979Application Date: 2019-09-13
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Publication No.: US11262764B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Francisco A. Navarro , Lucas Rodriguez Diaz , Ernesto Valls Hernandez
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.C.
- Priority: EP18382660 20180914
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method and a system for generating a path for a vehicle from a source to a target within a two-dimensional (2D) environment with one or more obstacles is disclosed. The obstacles may be dynamic, static or both. The method comprises generating, in a two dimensions-plus-time space, a velocity cone that represents a set of potential waypoints reachable from a first source for the vehicle moving at a speed, providing a polytope, obtaining at least one interception polygon by intersecting and projecting the velocity cone with the polytope on the 2D region; generating a 2D scene comprising interception polygons to avoid, computing a visibility graph algorithm for the 2D scene and obtaining a plurality of conflict-free sub-paths, and composing a valid path connecting the source to the target based on the plurality of conflict-free sub-paths.
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