Patent ID: 11966224
Assignee: UATC, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An autonomous vehicle control system for controlling an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle control system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that are executable to cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining sensor data descriptive of an actor in an environment of an autonomous vehicle;
determining, based on the sensor data, a plurality of foreseeable paths for the actor;
determining, in a first compute cycle, and based on the plurality of foreseeable paths, a preliminary action for controlling a movement of the autonomous vehicle, the preliminary action configured for execution as a precaution to improve a reaction of the autonomous vehicle to the actor traveling on one of the plurality of foreseeable paths; and
initiating control of the movement of the autonomous vehicle according to the preliminary action by executing the preliminary action at least until a second compute cycle.