Patent ID: 11945441
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus for route planning for an autonomous vehicle (AV), comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive, from a user, a first objective for optimizing routes from an origin location to a destination;
receive, from the user, a second objective for optimizing at least a subset of the routes from the origin location to the destination;
receive, from the user, a user preference that corresponds to a prioritization among the first objective and the second objective;
receive, from the user, a slack value that defines a deviation from a higher prioritized objective to improve less prioritized objective, wherein the higher prioritized objective is one of the first objective or the second objective, and the less prioritized objective is the other of the first objective or the second objective;
plan a route that satisfies the first objective and the second objective and the slack value; and
control the AV to traverse the route.