Patent ID: 11938967
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
accessing, by one or more processors of a vehicle, map information stored in a memory of the vehicle, the map information identifying an area of a lane of a roadway prior to an intersection, the area of the lane having a predetermined width between a first edge of the lane and a second edge of the lane;
receiving, by the one or more processors, from a perception system of the vehicle, sensor data identifying one or more objects proximate to the vehicle;
determining, by the one or more processors, to which of the first edge or the second edge of the area of the lane prior to the intersection that the one or more objects is closer;
predicting, by the one or more processors, from the sensor data, how the one or more objects will maneuver in the area of the lane prior to the intersection that is identified by the map information and whether the one or more objects will make a turn at the intersection from the lane based on the determining; and
maneuvering, by the one or more processors, the vehicle in order to signal the vehicle's intent to make the turn at the intersection from the lane based on the predicting.