Patent ID: 11914382
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method for prioritizing resolution of avoidance areas in an operational area of an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving data indicative of a plurality of avoidance area groups, each of the avoidance area groups comprising at least one avoidance area that specifies a geographic area through which autonomous vehicles (AVs) are prohibited from being routed, wherein a first avoidance area group in the avoidance area groups shares at least one avoidance area with a second avoidance area group in the avoidance area groups, wherein a first avoidance area and a second avoidance area are assigned to a same avoidance area group based upon the first avoidance area and the second avoidance area being included along a same route in a set of routes or a second set of routes;
generating a ranking of the avoidance area groups based upon a recursive evaluation of the impacts of the avoidance area groups on routing metrics for the set of routes through an operational area of the AVs, the ranking indicative of relative impacts of the avoidance area groups on the routing metrics, the recursive evaluation of the impacts of the avoidance area groups on the routing metrics based upon the first avoidance area group sharing the at least one avoidance area with the second avoidance area group; and
issuing a dispatch instruction to an AV based upon the ranking of the avoidance area groups, the dispatch instruction configured to cause the AV to navigate to an avoidance area and to perform a mapping operation in the avoidance area, wherein the avoidance area is included in an avoidance area group in the plurality of avoidance area groups.