US 12,314,058 B2
Targeted driving for autonomous vehicles
Xiaoyue Zhao, Saratoga, CA (US); Henning Hohnhold, San Francisco, CA (US); Xiang Gao, Mountain View, CA (US); Ajay Joshi, Mountain View, CA (US); Vishay Nihalani, San Francisco, CA (US); Katharine Patterson, San Francisco, CA (US); and Joseph Lee, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413510 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0272 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0221 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, a route an autonomous vehicle based on for each destination of a set of destinations;
determining, by the one or more processors, a relevance score for each destination of the set of destinations, each relevance score indicating a relevance of each destination to a targeted driving goal, the targeted driving goal defines one or more factors for determining the relevance score for each destination, and the targeted driving goal at least includes a goal of increasing a number of driving miles for collection of data by the autonomous vehicle;
selecting, by the one or more processors, a destination of the set of destinations based on a corresponding relevance score of the selected destination; and
sending, by the one or more processors, the selected destination to the autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to travel to the selected destination.