Waymo llc (20250074398). Consideration of Risks in Active Sensing for an Autonomous Vehicle
Consideration of Risks in Active Sensing for an Autonomous Vehicle
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Eric Teller of San Francisco CA (US)
Peter Lombrozo of Santa Cruz CA (US)
Consideration of Risks in Active Sensing for an Autonomous Vehicle
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250074398 titled 'Consideration of Risks in Active Sensing for an Autonomous Vehicle
Original Abstract Submitted
an autonomous vehicle configured for active sensing may also be configured to weigh expected information gains from active-sensing actions against risk costs associated with the active-sensing actions. an example method involves: (a) receiving information from one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle, (b) determining a risk-cost framework that indicates risk costs across a range of degrees to which an active-sensing action can be performed, wherein the active-sensing action comprises an action that is performable by the autonomous vehicle to potentially improve the information upon which at least one of the control processes for the autonomous vehicle is based, (c) determining an information-improvement expectation framework across the range of degrees to which the active-sensing action can be performed, and (d) applying the risk-cost framework and the information-improvement expectation framework to determine a degree to which the active-sensing action should be performed.
