Patent ID: 11926343
Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
determining, by an onboard processor, based on a location of the autonomous vehicle and based on a map, an area in which the autonomous vehicle is operated;
determining, based on sensor data received from sensors located on or in the autonomous vehicle, attributes of objects located around the autonomous vehicle,
wherein the attributes include information that describes a status of the objects located around the autonomous vehicle;

selecting, based at least on the area, a classification policy that includes a plurality of rules that are associated with a plurality of classifications to classify the objects;
for each of the objects located around the autonomous vehicle:
monitoring an object according to a classification of the object based on the classification policy, wherein the monitoring the object includes:
assigning the classification to the object based on the classification policy and based on one or more attributes of the object, wherein the assigning the classification to the object includes:
determining that the object being located more than a certain distance from the autonomous vehicle and a location of the object are respectively included in two different rules in the plurality of rules, wherein the two different rules belong to two classifications that are indicative of two different frequencies with which updated attributes of the object are to be determined; and
assigning, based on the determining that the object being located more than the certain distance and the location of the object are included in two different rules, the classification to the object, wherein the classification is indicative of a frequency that is higher of the two different frequencies; and

sending instructions that cause the autonomous vehicle to apply brakes in response to determining that a first vehicle located in a same lane as the autonomous vehicle and in front of the autonomous vehicle is slowing down, wherein the objects include the first vehicle.