US 11,853,068 B1
Vehicle trajectory controller safety margin
Kshitij Agarwal, Redwood City, CA (US); Andrew Scott Crego, Foster City, CA (US); and Gonzalo Javier Rey, Foster City, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/389,858.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0214 (2013.01) [B60W 30/10 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0031 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising: receiving, from a vehicle, trajectory data comprising one or more reference trajectories; determining a first spectrum associated with the trajectory data indicative of frequencies of the one or more reference trajectories; generating a model of a component of an autonomous vehicle system; determining, based at least in part on the model and the first spectrum, a second spectrum associated with an error; receiving an occurrence rate indicative of the occurrence of an event and a time period defined by one or more of an amount of time between successive events or an amount of time prior to the first occurrence of the event; determining a safety margin based at least in part on the error and the event occurring at a rate less than or equal to the occurrence rate; transmitting the safety margin to the vehicle or another vehicle to cause the vehicle or the other vehicle to generate a trajectory; and controlling the vehicle or the other vehicle based at least in part on the safety margin.