US Patent Application 17828137. System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Identification of Intention and Prediction for Parallel Parking Vehicles simplified abstract
System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Identification of Intention and Prediction for Parallel Parking Vehicles
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Inventor(s)
Randall Schur of Pittsburgh PA (US)
Dale Lord of Pittsburgh PA (US)
System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Identification of Intention and Prediction for Parallel Parking Vehicles - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17828137 titled 'System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Identification of Intention and Prediction for Parallel Parking Vehicles
Simplified Explanation
- The patent application describes a system, method, and computer program product for identifying the intention and predicting the parallel parking behavior of autonomous vehicles. - The method involves obtaining sensor data from the vehicle's surroundings. - Based on this sensor data, the system identifies static objects in the environment, an open parallel parking location, and a vehicle that meets the conditions for parallel parking. - A polygon is generated that extends beyond the side and rear of the vehicle, encompassing the open parking location. - The movement of the autonomous vehicle is then controlled based on a prediction that it intends to parallel park in the identified open parking location. - This prediction is made by determining the amount of the open parking location that is contained within the generated polygon.
Original Abstract Submitted
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for identification of intention and prediction for parallel parking vehicles. For example, the method includes: obtaining sensor data associated with an environment surrounding an autonomous vehicle; identifying, based on the sensor data, a plurality of static objects in the environment, an open parallel parking location between the plurality of static objects, and a vehicle in the environment that satisfies a parallel parking condition; generating a polygon that extends beyond a side and a rear of the vehicle that satisfies the parallel parking condition; and controlling movement of the autonomous vehicle based on a prediction that the vehicle is intending to parallel park in the open parking location, the prediction that the vehicle is intending to parallel park in the open parking location being determined based on an amount of the open parallel parking location that is contained within the polygon.
