US 12,012,108 B1
Prediction models in autonomous vehicles using modified map data
Ethan Miller Pronovost, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,530.
Int. Cl. B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 40/04 (2013.01) [B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01C 21/3859 (2020.08); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02); B60W 2554/404 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving sensor data associated with an environment;
determining, based at least in part on a first subset of the sensor data, a first object at a first physical location in the environment, and a first object type associated with the first object;
determining, based at least in part on a second subset of the sensor data, a second object at a second physical location in the environment, wherein the second object is a dynamic object;
receiving map data associated with the environment;
determining a map feature type associated with the first object, wherein the map feature type is based at least in part on a traffic control directive associated with the first object, and wherein the map feature type represents an object type different from the first object type;
generating modified map data, including combining a new map feature of the map feature type with the map data, at a first map location associated with the first physical location;
determining a representation of the environment, based at least in part on the second subset of the sensor data and the modified map data;
providing the representation as input to a machine learning model;
determining a predicted trajectory of the second object, based at least in part on an output of the machine learning model; and
controlling an autonomous vehicle in the environment, based at least in part on the predicted trajectory of the second object.