TREE POLICY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SOLUTIONS

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Jared Stephen Russell of San Francisco CA (US)

TREE POLICY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SOLUTIONS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250074470 titled 'TREE POLICY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SOLUTIONS

Original Abstract Submitted

an autonomous vehicle is operated along a route according to a nominal driving solution that takes into account one or more first constraints including a first predicted trajectory for an agent vehicle. an alternate scenario is determined based on one or more second external constraints that include a second predicted trajectory for the agent vehicle different from the first predicted trajectory. a risk factor on the nominal driving solution is determined for the alternative scenario, and a secondary driving solution is determined based on the risk factor and the one or more second external constraints. a candidate switching point is identified where the secondary driving solution diverges from the nominal driving solution, and the nominal driving solution is revised up to the candidate switching point based on the secondary driving solution. the autonomous vehicle is then operated based on the revised nominal driving solution.