IDENTIFYING A STOPPING PLACE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
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1. A computer-based method comprising:
- a. causing a vehicle to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position,b. analyzing current information about potential stopping places in the vicinity of the goal position to make a choice of a currently selected stopping place that is acceptable and feasible,c. causing the vehicle to drive autonomously toward the currently selected stopping place, andd. repeating activities b and c until the vehicle stops at a currently selected stopping place.
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Abstract
Among other things, a vehicle is caused to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position. Current information is analyzed about potential stopping places in the vicinity of the goal position, to make a choice of a currently selected stopping place that is acceptable and feasible. The vehicle is caused to drive autonomously toward the currently selected stopping place. The activities are repeated until the vehicle stops at a currently selected stopping place.
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38 Claims
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1. A computer-based method comprising:
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a. causing a vehicle to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position, b. analyzing current information about potential stopping places in the vicinity of the goal position to make a choice of a currently selected stopping place that is acceptable and feasible, c. causing the vehicle to drive autonomously toward the currently selected stopping place, and d. repeating activities b and c until the vehicle stops at a currently selected stopping place. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An autonomous vehicle comprising
steering, acceleration, and deceleration devices that respond to signals from an autonomous driving control system to drive the vehicle autonomously on a specified route through a road network defined by map data and toward a specified goal position, sensors on the vehicle that perceive characteristics of potential stopping places in the vicinity of the goal position, and a communication feature that sends the currently perceived characteristics to the autonomous driving control system and receives from the autonomous driving control system current information indicative of commands for the steering, acceleration, and deceleration devices to cause the vehicle to drive to and stop at a currently selected stopping place.
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