US 12,441,364 B2
Method and system for impact-based operation of an autonomous agent
Collin Johnson, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Yash Bagla, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Kapil Borle, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Akshay Katpatal, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Mahmood Mahmood, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Edwin B. Olson, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to May Mobility, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed by May Mobility, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on May 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/654,502.
Application 18/654,502 is a continuation of application No. 18/072,939, filed on Dec. 1, 2022, granted, now 12,012,123.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,024, filed on Dec. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278804 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/81 (2024.01)
CPC B60W 60/0011 (2020.02) [B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0028 (2013.01); B60W 60/005 (2020.02); B60W 60/0055 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/81 (2024.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for operation of a vehicle, the method comprising:
detecting a set of objects in an environment of the vehicle, wherein the set of objects are separate and distinct from the vehicle;
using a multi-policy decision-making simulator, performing a set of simulations representing the set of objects to produce a set of metrics, the set of simulations comprising:
a 1st subset of multiple simulations, wherein each of the 1st subset of simulations represents the set of objects and the vehicle; and
a 2nd subset of multiple simulations, wherein the 2nd subset of simulations represents only the set of objects, wherein each of the 2nd subset of simulations comprises a set of intent assignments for each of the set of objects, wherein the set of intent assignments for each respective object differs between simulations of the 2nd subset of multiple simulations;
determining an impact score of the vehicle on the set of objects in the environment based on the set of metrics; and
operating the vehicle based on the impact score.