US 12,223,559 B1
Natural language processing analysis of legal requirements
Kunal Mehta, San Francisco, CA (US); Brent Valle, Livermore, CA (US); and Ruixin Ge, Hoboken, NJ (US)
Assigned to GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/561,549.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/18 (2012.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 40/289 (2020.01)
CPC G06Q 50/18 (2013.01) [G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 40/289 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-aided method of comparing legal requirements, comprising:
operating an autonomous vehicle to drive along a roadway;
comparing a first legal requirement from a first jurisdiction to a second legal requirement from a second jurisdiction, comprising applying a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm to the first and second legal requirements;
computing a distance between the first and second legal requirements;
determining from the distance that the second legal requirement belongs to a same subject matter category as the first legal requirement;
inferring a functional definition for the subject matter category;
inferring a recommended parameterization for the functional definition; and
instructing an autonomous vehicle controller of the autonomous vehicle to set a driving behavior in accordance with the recommended parameterization.