Patent ID: 11880202
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle navigation system for an autonomous vehicle, the vehicle navigation system comprising:
a memory capable of storing instructions; and
circuitry that, when in operation, is configured by the instructions to:
detect a first potential obstacle to the autonomous vehicle from first sensor data, the first sensor data coming from a sensor of the autonomous vehicle, the first sensor data based on a position of the first potential obstacle;
obtain a first record of the first potential obstacle, the first record including the position of the first potential obstacle, wherein the first record is obtained from a database populated at least in part by a community of vehicles prior to detection of the first potential obstacle, wherein the first record for the first potential obstacle includes a first effect of the first potential obstacle on a first different vehicle, and wherein the first effect did not include motion of the first different vehicle due to the first potential obstacle;
evaluate the first potential obstacle at the position of the first potential obstacle to determine whether to engage a vehicle mitigation operation, the evaluating of the first potential obstacle based on the first sensor data and the first record;
refrain from engaging the vehicle mitigation operation in response to evaluating the first potential obstacle based on the first record of the first potential obstacle;
detect a second potential obstacle to the autonomous vehicle from second sensor data, the second sensor data coming from the sensor of the autonomous vehicle, the second sensor data based on a position of the second potential obstacle;
obtain a second record of the second potential obstacle, the second record including the position of the second potential obstacle, wherein the second record is obtained from the database, wherein the second record for the second potential obstacle includes a second effect of the second potential obstacle on a second different vehicle, and wherein the second effect included motion of the second different vehicle due to the second potential obstacle;
evaluate the second potential obstacle at the position of the second potential obstacle to determine whether to engage the vehicle mitigation operation, the evaluating of the second potential obstacle based on the second sensor data and the second record; and
engage the vehicle mitigation operation in response to evaluating the second potential obstacle based on the second record of the second potential obstacle.