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Autonomous vehicle lane routing and navigation

  • US 9,939,284 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2016
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous vehicle comprising:

  • a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to;

    identify, from vehicle transportation network information representing a vehicle transportation network, first location information representing a first location in the vehicle transportation network;

    identify, from the vehicle transportation network information, second location information representing a second location in the vehicle transportation network; and

    generate, based on the vehicle transportation network information, route information representing a route from the first location to the second location via the vehicle transportation network, wherein the route information includes first lane information indicating that the route includes a first lane of a road segment, wherein the vehicle transportation network information includes second lane information representing a second lane of the road segment and adjacent to the first lane, the route having a minimal expected cost among available candidate routes; and

    a trajectory controller configured to operate the autonomous vehicle to traverse the vehicle transportation network from the first location to the second location via the route based on the route information.

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