{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "The present disclosure provides an example method that includes: (a) obtaining context data descriptive of an environment surrounding an autonomous vehicle, the context data based on map data and perception data; (b) generating, by a proposer and based on the context data: (i) a plurality of…",
  "path": "/patents/1376117",
  "publishedAt": "2025-07-03T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "B60W60/0011",
    "Aurora Operations, Inc."
  ],
  "textContent": "The present disclosure provides an example method that includes: (a) obtaining context data descriptive of an environment surrounding an autonomous vehicle, the context data based on map data and perception data; (b) generating, by a proposer and based on the context data: (i) a plurality of candidate trajectories, and (ii) a plurality of actor forecasts for a plurality of actors in the environment; (c) generating, by a ranker and based on the context data, the plurality of candidate trajectories, and the plurality of actor forecasts, a ranking of the plurality of candidate trajectories; and (d) controlling a motion of the autonomous vehicle based on a candidate trajectory selected based on the ranking of the plurality of candidate trajectories, wherein the proposer comprises a first machine-learned model and the ranker comprises a second machine-learned model, and wherein the first machine-learned model and the second machine-learned model use a common backbone architecture.",
  "title": "Autonomous Vehicle Motion Planning"
}