Waymo llc (20250074405). METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR RESPONDING TO A LANE BLOCKING OBJECT

METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR RESPONDING TO A LANE BLOCKING OBJECT

Organization Name

waymo llc

Inventor(s)

Nathaniel Fairfield of Mountain View CA (US)

Vadim Furman of Los Gatos CA (US)

METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR RESPONDING TO A LANE BLOCKING OBJECT

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250074405 titled 'METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR RESPONDING TO A LANE BLOCKING OBJECT

Original Abstract Submitted

a method and apparatus for controlling a first vehicle autonomously are disclosed. for instance, one or more processors may plan to maneuver the first vehicle to complete an action and predict that a second vehicle will take a particular responsive action. the first vehicle is then maneuvered towards completing the action in a way that would allow the first vehicle to cancel completing the action without causing a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle, and in order to indicate to the second vehicle or a driver of the second vehicle that the first vehicle is attempting to complete the action. thereafter, when the first vehicle is determined to be able to take the action, the action is completed by controlling the first vehicle autonomously according to whether the second vehicle begins to take the particular responsive action.