Patent ID: 11892307
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A system for identifying problematic areas within a service area for an autonomous vehicle transportation service, the system comprising:
one or more computing devices having one or more processors configured to:
identify a starting location within the service area;
identify a destination location within the service area;
run a first simulation to determine a first route for a simulated vehicle to travel between the starting location and the destination location;
determine that the first route includes performance of a particular type of maneuver at a given location that the simulated vehicle is unlikely to be able to complete;
based on a determination that the first route includes the performance of the particular type of maneuver at the given location that the simulated vehicle is unlikely to be able to complete, run a second simulation to determine a second route for the simulated vehicle to travel between at least the given location and the destination location,
wherein:
the second route does not include the performance of the particular type of maneuver at the given location that the simulated vehicle is unlikely to be able to complete, and
the second route is different from the first route;

determine whether the simulated vehicle reaches the destination location in the second simulation; and
based on a determination that the simulated vehicle does not reach the destination location in the second simulation, flag at least one of the starting location or the destination location as potentially problematic areas.