An autonomous vehicle navigates an intersection in which occlusions block the vehicle's ability to detect moving objects. The vehicle handles this by generating a phantom obstacle behind the occlusion. The vehicle will predict the speed of the phantom obstacle and use the predicted speed to assess whether the phantom obstacle may collide with the vehicle. If a collision is a risk, the vehicle will slow or stop until it confirms that either (a) the phantom obstacle is not a real obstacle or (b) the vehicle can proceed at a speed that avoids the collision. To determine which occlusions shield real objects, the system may use a rasterized visibility grid of the area to identify occlusions that may accommodate the object.
METHOD OF HANDLING OCCLUSIONS AT INTERSECTIONS IN OPERATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
VERFAHREN ZUR HANDHABUNG VON STAUS AN KREUZUNGEN IM BETRIEB EINES AUTONOMEN FAHRZEUGS
PROCÉDÉ DE MANIPULATION D'OCCLUSIONS AU NIVEAU D'INTERSECTIONS LORS DU FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN VÉHICULE AUTONOME
2022-10-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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