Patent ID: 11921519
Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. A driving control system for an ego vehicle, the driving control system comprising:
a first plurality of sensors and a second plurality of sensors, the first and second plurality of sensors being coupled to the ego vehicle, the ego vehicle comprising a vehicle control system; and
a controller in electrical communication with the first plurality of sensors and the vehicle control system, the controller being configured to execute a program to:
(i) receive, from at least one of the first plurality of sensors coupled to the ego vehicle, information associated with a parametric variable;
(ii) select a partition of an operating region of the parametric variable based on the parametric variable information,
the operating region comprising a predetermined range of values for the parametric variable,
the partition comprising a subset of the predetermined range of values and being associated with a predetermined ego vehicle input, and
the predetermined ego vehicle input comprising at least one value for a parameter corresponding to dynamics of the ego vehicle;

(iii) determine, subsequent to selecting the partition of the operating region, a first maneuver to perform based on the predetermined ego vehicle input;
(iv) cause a vehicle control system of the ego vehicle to perform the maneuver; and
(v) receive, from at least one of a second plurality of sensors coupled to the ego vehicle, second vehicle information about a second vehicle;
(vi) infer an intention of the second vehicle based on the second vehicle information; and
(vii) cause the vehicle control system to perform a second maneuver based on the intention,
wherein the predetermined ego vehicle input is calculated to allow an intention of the second vehicle to be inferred from first vehicle information received after the ego vehicle performs the first maneuver.