US 11,781,872 B2
Autonomous vehicle routing with route extension
Bryan John Nagy, Allison Park, PA (US); Xiaodong Zhang, Bentonville, AR (US); Brett Bavar, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Colin Jeffrey Green, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to UATC, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by UATC, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,752.
Application 17/810,752 is a continuation of application No. 16/173,654, filed on Oct. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,397,089.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,701, filed on Jul. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341740 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3415 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for routing an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
generating first route data describing a first route for the autonomous vehicle to a first target location;
providing the first route data to a motion planning system of the autonomous vehicle for controlling the autonomous vehicle towards the first target location using the first route data;
determining that the autonomous vehicle is within a threshold of the first target location;
selecting a second target location;
generating second route data describing a first route extension of the first route from the first target location to the second target location; and
providing the second route data to a motion planning system of the autonomous vehicle for controlling the autonomous vehicle towards the second target location using the second route data.