AUTOMATIC ANNOTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES IN A MAP DURING NAVIGATION OF A VEHICLEAmong other things, we describe techniques for automatic annotation of environmental features in a map during navigation of a vehicle. The techniques include receiving, by the vehicle located within a…DRIVE·Dec 21·2 min readFollowG01C21/3673MOTIONAL AD LLC
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION USING LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGICTechniques are provided for autonomous vehicle operation using linear temporal logic. The techniques include using one or more processors of a vehicle to store a linear temporal logic expression defin…DRIVE·Mar 30·1 min readFollowB60W60/0025MOTIONAL AD LLC
IMMOBILITY DETECTION WITHIN SITUATIONAL CONTEXTEmbodiments for operational envelope detection (OED) with situational assessment are disclosed. Embodiments herein relate to an operational envelope detector that is configured to receive, as inputs, …DRIVE·Mar 23·1 min readFollowB60W60/00274MOTIONAL AD LLC
AUTOMATED MOVING PLATFORMThis disclosure describes systems and methods used in the development and validation of autonomous vehicles ability to track objects with sensors. This application describes a self-propelled autonomou…DRIVE·Mar 16·1 min readFollowB60R11/04MOTIONAL AD LLC
FORECASTING VEHICLE LOCATION OCCUPANCYAmong other things, techniques are described for forecasting occupancy of a vehicle location. This includes receiving, by at least one processor, status information of a parking location the status in…DRIVE·Dec 29·1 min readFollowG08G1/143MOTIONAL AD LLC
AUTOMATED MOVING PLATFORMThis disclosure describes systems and methods used in the development and validation of autonomous vehicles ability to track objects with sensors. This application describes a self-propelled autonomou…DRIVE·Dec 1·1 min readFollowB60R11/04MOTIONAL AD LLC
PLANNING WITH DYNAMIC STATE A TRAJECTORY OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEThis disclosure describes an autonomous vehicle configured to obtain sensor data associated with objects proximate a projected route of the autonomous vehicle, determine static constraints that limit …DRIVE·Oct 27·1 min readFollowB60W60/0027MOTIONAL AD LLC
TECHNIQUES FOR NAVIGATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BASED ON PERCEIVED RISKSystems and methods for selecting a trajectory for an autonomous vehicle based on perceived risk are provided. A trajectory is selected that satisfies objective safety constraints and minimizes an ove…DRIVE·Oct 27·1 min readFollowB60W60/0015MOTIONAL AD LLC
AUTOMATIC ANNOTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES IN A MAP DURING NAVIGATION OF A VEHICLEAmong other things, we describe techniques for automatic annotation of environmental features in a map during navigation of a vehicle. The techniques include receiving, by the vehicle located within a…DRIVE·Sep 1·2 min readFollowG01C21/32MOTIONAL AD LLC
OPERATION OF A VEHICLE USING MULTIPLE MOTION CONSTRAINTSTechniques are provided for operation of a vehicle using multiple motion constraints. The techniques include identifying an object using one or more processors of a vehicle. The vehicle has a likeliho…DRIVE·Jul 21·1 min readFollowB60W30/09MOTIONAL AD LLC
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE STATIONSAmong other things, techniques are described for operating an autonomous vehicle station. One technique involves receiving information indicating arrival of a vehicle at a station designated for a pri…DRIVE·Jan 27·1 min readFollowB60W60/00256MOTIONAL AD LLC
FOREGROUND EXTRACTION USING SURFACE FITTINGTechniques are provided for foreground extraction from a point cloud (e.g., a LiDAR point cloud) using surface fitting. In an embodiment, one or more processors of a vehicle can receive point cloud da…DRIVE·Jan 27·1 min readFollowB60W60/001MOTIONAL AD LLC
CONTROL ARCHITECTURES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESThe subject matter described in this specification is generally directed control architectures for an autonomous vehicle. In one example, a reference trajectory, a set of lateral constraints, and a se…DRIVE·Sep 9·1 min readFollowB60W60/001MOTIONAL AD LLC
RESOLVING RANGE RATE AMBIGUITY IN SENSOR RETURNSA method includes transmitting a first transmitted signal corresponding to a first range rate window size; receiving a first received signal; determining a first detected range rate of an object based…DRIVE·Jul 29·1 min readFollowB60W30/0956MOTIONAL AD LLC
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING MAP DATAThe present disclosure is directed to a computer system and techniques for updating map data used for navigating an autonomous vehicle. In some embodiments, the computer system is configured to obtain…DRIVE·Jul 8·1 min readFollowG01C21/3453MOTIONAL AD LLC
OBJECT TRACKING SUPPORTING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATIONThis disclosure relates in general to systems and methods for optically tracking objects proximate an autonomous vehicle. In particular, an object tracking system capable of refining position data for…DRIVE·Jul 1·1 min readFollowB60W60/0015MOTIONAL AD LLC
CYBER-SECURITY PROTOCOLThis disclosure describes a cyber-security protocol for validating messages being exchanged between two devices of an autonomous vehicle. The protocol includes the independent generation of multiple e…DRIVE·Jun 10·1 min readFollowH04L9/3247MOTIONAL AD LLC
NAVIGATING MULTI-WAY STOP INTERSECTIONS WITH AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEThe subject matter described in this specification is directed to a system and techniques for operating an autonomous vehicle (AV) at a multi-way stop intersection. After detecting the AV is at a prim…DRIVE·Apr 8·1 min readFollowB60W60/00272MOTIONAL AD LLC
NAVIGATING MULTI-WAY STOP INTERSECTIONS WITH AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEThe subject matter described in this specification is directed to a system and techniques for operating an autonomous vehicle (AV) at a multi-way stop intersection. After detecting the AV is at a prim…DRIVE·Apr 8·1 min readFollowB60W30/18159MOTIONAL AD LLC
