Patent ID: 11908318
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
sensor systems that generate sensor signals, wherein the sensor signals are indicative of a driving environment of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the driving environment includes an intersection; and
a computing system that is in communication with the sensor systems, wherein the computing system comprises:
a processor; and
memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
detecting one or more differing vehicles proximate to the intersection based on the sensor signals when the autonomous vehicle is proximate to the intersection;
when the one or more differing vehicles comprises at least one non-autonomous vehicle detected as being proximate to the intersection, traversing the intersection based on a first turn order for the autonomous vehicle and the one or more differing vehicles, the first turn order being a function of times at which the autonomous vehicle and the one or more differing vehicles respectively arrive at the intersection; and
when the one or more differing vehicles comprises at least a second autonomous vehicle detected as being proximate to the intersection and lacks a non-autonomous vehicle:
generating a first bid indicative of a first importance that the autonomous vehicle traverses the intersection, wherein the first bid is based on a characteristic of a trip of a passenger riding in the autonomous vehicle; and
transmitting the first bid to the second autonomous vehicle, wherein the second autonomous vehicle determines a second turn order for the autonomous vehicle and the one or more differing vehicles based on at least the first bid and a second bid, wherein the second bid is generated by the second autonomous vehicle, and wherein the second bid is indicative of a second importance that the second autonomous vehicle traverses the intersection, and wherein the autonomous vehicle is inhibited from transmitting the first bid when the one or more differing vehicles comprises at least one non-autonomous vehicle.