Patent ID: 11964676
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
a memory; and
a processing device, coupled to the memory, to perform operations comprising:
providing, to a vehicle control module, a control command identifying one or more vehicle actions to be performed by the vehicle control module to control a position of an autonomous vehicle (AV) with respect to an external environment;
receiving, from the vehicle control module, an indication of a satisfaction of one or more criteria allowing an energy saving action to be performed by the vehicle control module;
responsive to receiving the indication of the satisfaction of the one or more criteria allowing the energy saving action to be performed and prior to initiating a performance of the energy saving action, evaluating whether to instruct the vehicle control module to perform the energy saving action, wherein the evaluating comprises determining whether one or more conditions pertaining to the position of the AV with respect to other vehicles in the external environment are satisfied; and
responsive to determining that the one or more conditions pertaining to the position of the AV with respect to the external environment are satisfied, providing, to the vehicle control module, a first instruction that permits the vehicle control module to deviate from the one or more vehicle actions identified in the control command and to perform the energy saving action with respect to the AV.