US 12,420,815 B2
Automatic testing of autonomous vehicles
Erik Nielsen, Peoria, AZ (US); and Chase Kaufman, Fountain Hills, AZ (US)
Assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/471,062.
Application 18/471,062 is a continuation of application No. 16/831,095, filed on Mar. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,794,759.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010212 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/04 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/045 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
instructing an autonomous vehicle (AV) to navigate a specific road segment;
receiving, from the AV, diagnostic measurements that are collected while navigating the road segment;
analyzing the diagnostic measurements from the AV against a collection of diagnostic measurement data collected from a fleet of similar AVs navigating the road segment, wherein the fleet of similar AVs includes vehicles of a same model;
obtaining data identifying repairs made to at least one AV in the fleet of similar AVs, where the repairs were performed in response to determining that the at least one AV in the fleet had suboptimal components or parts; and
identifying one or more repairs that are needed for the AV based on the analysis of the diagnostic measurements from the AV against the collection of diagnostic measurement data collected from the fleet of similar AVs and based on the data identifying repairs made to the at least one AV in the fleet of similar AVs.