METHOD AND PROCESSOR FOR CONTROLLING IN-LANE MOVEMENT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

A method and a processor for controlling in-lane movement of a Self-Driving Vehicle (SDV) are provided. The method comprises: acquiring initial kinematic data associated with an obstacle; determining future kinematic data associated with the obstacle; acquiring initial kinematic data associated with the SDV; determining future kinematic data associated with the SDV which is indicative of at least two candidate future states of the SDV at a future moment in time; determining at least two candidate state-transition datasets for the SDV to transition from the initial state of the SDV to a respective one of the at least two candidate future states of the SDV using only in-lane movement; determining, by the electronic device, an energy efficiency score for a respective one of the at least two candidate state-transition datasets; determining a target state-transition dataset for the SDV based on respective energy efficiency scores.