IDENTIFYING A STOPPING PLACE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprisingmaintaining stored data indicative of potential stopping places that are currently feasible stopping places for a vehicle within a region, the potential stopping places being identified as part of static map data for the region,receiving from sensors or one or more other sources current signals representing perceptions of actual conditions at one or more of the potential stopping places,updating the stored data based on changes in the perceptions of actual conditions, andexposing the updated stored data to a process that selects a stopping place for the vehicle from among the currently feasible stopping places.
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Abstract
Among other things, stored data is maintained indicative of potential stopping places that are currently feasible stopping places for a vehicle within a region. The potential stopping places are identified as part of static map data for the region. Current signals are received from sensors or one or more other sources current signals representing perceptions of actual conditions at one or more of the potential stopping places. The stored data is updated based on changes in the perceptions of actual conditions. The updated stored data is exposed to a process that selects a stopping place for the vehicle from among the currently feasible stopping places.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising
maintaining stored data indicative of potential stopping places that are currently feasible stopping places for a vehicle within a region, the potential stopping places being identified as part of static map data for the region, receiving from sensors or one or more other sources current signals representing perceptions of actual conditions at one or more of the potential stopping places, updating the stored data based on changes in the perceptions of actual conditions, and exposing the updated stored data to a process that selects a stopping place for the vehicle from among the currently feasible stopping places.
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