System and method for using human driving patterns to manage speed control for autonomous vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US11294375B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16849916

    申请日:2020-04-15

    Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    Abstract: A system and method for using human driving patterns to manage speed control for autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating data corresponding to desired human driving behaviors; training a human driving model module using a reinforcement learning process and the desired human driving behaviors; receiving a proposed vehicle speed control command; determining if the proposed vehicle speed control command conforms to the desired human driving behaviors by use of the human driving model module; and validating or modifying the proposed vehicle speed control command based on the determination.

    System and method for real world autonomous vehicle trajectory simulation

    公开(公告)号:US10739775B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US15796765

    申请日:2017-10-28

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: A system and method for real world autonomous vehicle trajectory simulation are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: receiving training data from a real world data collection system; obtaining ground truth data corresponding to the training data; performing a training phase to train a plurality of trajectory prediction models; and performing a simulation or operational phase to generate a vicinal scenario for each simulated vehicle in an iteration of a simulation, the vicinal scenarios corresponding to different locations, traffic patterns, or environmental conditions being simulated, provide vehicle intention data corresponding to a data representation of various types of simulated vehicle or driver intentions, generate a trajectory corresponding to perception data and the vehicle intention data, execute at least one of the plurality of trained trajectory prediction models to generate a distribution of predicted vehicle trajectories for each of a plurality of simulated vehicles of the simulation based on the vicinal scenario and the vehicle intention data, select at least one vehicle trajectory from the distribution based on pre-defined criteria, and update a state and trajectory of each of the plurality of simulated vehicles based on the selected vehicle trajectory from the distribution.

    System and method for autonomous vehicle control to minimize energy cost

    公开(公告)号:US10678234B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US15685715

    申请日:2017-08-24

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: A system and method for autonomous vehicle control to minimize energy cost are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating a plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations for an autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to transit from a current position to a desired destination; generating predicted energy consumption rates for each of the potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations using a vehicle energy consumption model; scoring each of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations based on the corresponding predicted energy consumption rates; selecting one of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations having a score within an acceptable range; and outputting a vehicle motion control output representing the selected one of the plurality of potential routings and related vehicle motion control operations.

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