US 11,807,233 B1
Procedurally generated safety system determination
Taylor Clawson, Foster City, CA (US); Leonardo Poubel Orenstein, San Mateo, CA (US); and Sy Kelly Olson, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/133,306.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/0956 (2013.01) [B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4046 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a vehicle trajectory;
determining a plurality of object states relative to a vehicle, the plurality of object states comprising an object position, an object heading, and an object speed;
determining, based at least in part on the vehicle trajectory and the plurality of object states, a first region and a second region in an environment;
initiating, based at least in part on determining the first region and the second region, a simulation comprising an object having a simulated object state associated with the object state in the second region, the simulation exclusive of the first region; and
determining, based at least in part on the simulation, a response to the simulated object state by a secondary system,
wherein the first region comprises a region in which the vehicle is unable to avoid a collision and the second region comprises a region in which a probability of collision is greater than or equal to a threshold probability.