Patent ID: 11914382
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computing system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform acts comprising:
receiving data indicative of a plurality of avoidance area groups, each of the avoidance area groups comprising at least one avoidance area that specifies a geographic area through which autonomous vehicles (AVs) are prohibited from being routed, wherein a first avoidance area group in the avoidance area groups shares at least one avoidance area with a second avoidance area group in the avoidance area groups, wherein a first avoidance area and a second avoidance area are assigned to a same group based upon the first avoidance area and the second avoidance area being with a threshold distance of one another;
generating a ranking of the avoidance area groups based upon a recursive evaluation of the impacts of the avoidance area groups on routing metrics for a set of routes through an operational area of the AVs, the ranking indicative of relative impacts of the avoidance area groups on the routing metrics; and
issuing a dispatch instruction to an AV based upon the ranking of the avoidance area groups, the dispatch instruction configured to cause the AV to navigate to an avoidance area and to perform a mapping operation in the avoidance area, wherein the avoidance area is included in an avoidance area group in the plurality of avoidance area groups.