Julie M Derence

US Patent:

20210124370, Apr 29, 2021

Filed:

Jan 8, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/144431

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Jordan Romaidis - Pittsburgh PA, US
Brett Bavar - Pittsburgh PA, US
Julie Derence - Pittsburgh PA, US
Marcial Hernandez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Tashwin Khurana - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/02
G08G 1/0967
G08G 1/00
G05D 1/00
G08G 1/01
G08G 1/0968
G01C 21/16

Abstract:

An autonomous vehicle can access map data comprising travel ways within a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle, and further access constraint data that define original navigational constraints within the map data. The vehicle can further receive constraint files comprising additional navigational constraints within the map data and modify the constraint data based on the constraint files. The vehicle can determine a travel route to a destination using composite constraint data and autonomously driver to the destination along the travel route accordingly.

US Patent:

20190377342, Dec 12, 2019

Filed:

Jun 7, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/434501

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Brett Bavar - Pittsburgh PA, US
Julie Derence - Pittsburgh PA, US
Marcial Hernandez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Tashwin Khurana - Pittsburgh PA, US
Bryan Nagy - Pittsburgh PA, US
Jordan Romaidis - Pittsburgh PA, US
Adrian Rechy Romero - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/00
G01C 21/34
G08G 1/00

Abstract:

A computing system can generate a map constraint interface enabling a fleet operator to update map constraints for autonomous vehicles (AVs). The map constraint interface can comprise a unified document model enabling the fleet operator to configure a set of constraint layers of autonomy maps utilized by the AVs. Each constraint layer can include a toggle feature that enables the fleet operator to enable and disable the constraint layer. The system can receive, via the map constraint interface, a set of inputs configuring the set of constraint layers of the one or more autonomy maps, compile a set of updated map constraints, corresponding to the configured set of constraint layers, into a document container, and output the document container to a subset of the AVs to enable the subset of AVs to integrate the set of updated map constraints with the autonomy maps.

US Patent:

20190220036, Jul 18, 2019

Filed:

Feb 19, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/898960

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Gary Wu Yang - San Francisco CA, US
Nuri Kim - San Francisco CA, US
Lili Kan - Cupertino CA, US
Varun Rau - San Francisco CA, US
Xiaoman Dong - Burlingame CA, US
Julie Marie Derence - Pittsburgh PA, US
Christopher John Peplin - Pittsburgh PA, US
Daniel Joseph Tascione - Monroeville PA, US
Steve Ayers - Mars PA, US
Mark Reeder - Menlo Park CA, US
Robert Eperjesi - San Francisco CA, US
Richard Tom - San Francisco CA, US
Steven Hanby Williams - Sunnyvale CA, US
Venkata Sathya Praveen Gorthy - Pleasanton CA, US
Sunil Kumar Garg - San Francisco CA, US
Chris Lyons - San Francisco CA, US
Yi Shi - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/02
G07C 5/00
G07C 5/08
G08G 1/00
G06Q 50/30

Abstract:

Systems and methods for managing a fleet of vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining data representing vehicle state information associated with one or more vehicles among a fleet of vehicles at one or more times. The method includes predicting a future vehicle state associated with the one or more vehicles at one or more future times. The method includes scheduling a vehicle assignment in a predetermined set of vehicle assignments for a selected vehicle among the one or more vehicles before a first future time among the one or more future times. The method includes transmitting a command signal to a computing system associated with the selected vehicle based at least in part on the scheduled vehicle assignment.

US Patent:

20180329428, Nov 15, 2018

Filed:

Oct 13, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/783391

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Jordan Romaidis - Pittsburgh PA, US
Brett Bavar - Pittsburgh PA, US
Julie Derence - Pittsburgh PA, US
Marcial Hernandez - Pittsburgh PA, US
Tashwin Khurana - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/02
G08G 1/0967
G08G 1/00
G08G 1/01
G05D 1/00

Abstract:

Systems and methods for controlling the motion of an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, one or more computing devices on-board an autonomous vehicle receive one or more constraint files including constraint data descriptive of one or more geographic identifiers (e.g., a polygon) and an application type (e.g., partial inclusion, complete inclusion, partial exclusion, complete exclusion) associated with each of the one or more geographic identifiers. Map data descriptive of the identity and location of different travel ways within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle is accessed. A travel route for navigating the autonomous vehicle is determined, wherein the travel route is determined at least in part from the map data evaluated relative to the constraint data. Motion of the autonomous vehicle can be controlled based at least in part on the determined travel route.