Patent ID: 11967161
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for managing operation of a vehicle, the method comprising:
obtaining color data and neighboring pixel data of at least a portion of an environment of the vehicle using an RGB sensor;
combining the color data and the neighboring pixel data with range data obtained from a LIDAR sensor to form environment data;
identifying a plurality of terrain types in the environment based on the environment data and pre-existing map information;
identifying features in the environment at locations relative to the vehicle based on the environment data and the pre-existing map information; and
generating a map for the environment based on the plurality of terrain types, the identified features, the environment data, and the pre-existing map information;
navigating the vehicle by processing the map for the environment and determining a traversal path through the environment, wherein, during the navigation, the traversal path is determined based at least in part on traversability scores for individual terrain types of the plurality of terrain types, and wherein the traversability scores are measured based on traversability of each pixel or portion of the map relative to other pixels or portions of the map during the navigation.