Patent ID: 11887380
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. Apparatus comprising: one or more computing devices coupled configured to: receive sensor data identifying a plurality of potential sidewalk areas; filter the sensor data based on at least one of clearance width, slope or obstructions associated with each of the potential sidewalk areas to eliminate areas of the plurality of potential sidewalk areas that are unlikely to include a sidewalk; identify a plurality of pathways in the filtered potential sidewalk areas that are adjacent to a road in a vicinity of an autonomous vehicle; categorize as a first sidewalk, a first pathway of the identified plurality of pathways adjacent to a first side of the road; categorize as a second sidewalk a second pathway of the plurality of identified pathways adjacent to a second side of the road; determine results indicating whether a crosswalk exists between the first and second pathways of the plurality of identified pathways; and operate the autonomous vehicle based on the results.