US 12,459,539 B1
Methods and apparatus for assessing scenes
Sreeja Nag, San Bruno, CA (US); and Sarah Marie Thornton, Pacifica, CA (US)
Assigned to NURO, INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Nuro, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,646.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/238,631, filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0015 (2020.02) [B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0022 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/402 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4046 (2020.02); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a computing device, a plurality of scenes, each of the plurality of scenes representing an environment in which a vehicle is driven for a predetermined time;
determining, by the computing device, a complexity of each of the plurality of scenes based on characteristics of a respective scene and at least one maneuver required from an autonomous driving system to drive the vehicle through the respective scene without a collision;
calculating, by the computing device, a complexity score for each of the plurality of scenes based on the complexity determined for the respective scene;
validating, by the computing device, the autonomous driving system for driving the vehicle using a subset of the plurality of scenes selected based on the complexity score and by generating a coverage map that maps contextual coverage versus a difficulty level for the plurality of scenes driven by the vehicle using the autonomous driving system and that includes a density for the plurality of scenes and by determining one or more missing types of scenes that are omitted in validating the autonomous driving system based on the density in the coverage map; and
based on the autonomous driving system being validated, deploying the autonomous driving system in the vehicle and controlling driving operations of the vehicle.