Patent ID: 11899458
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computing system that is in network communication with a computing device, the computing system comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
obtaining an origin location of an autonomous vehicle (AV) and a destination location of the AV from the computing device, where at least one of the origin location or the destination location is within a city;
obtaining a first value for a spatiotemporal factor at a first location within the city;
computing a second value for the spatiotemporal factor at a second location within the city, where the second location is along a roadway within a candidate route between the origin location and the destination location, where the candidate route is amongst several candidate routes between the origin location and the destination location, and further where the second value is computed based upon:
the first value for the spatiotemporal factor at the first location; and
a distance between the first location and the second location;

computing a likelihood of occurrence of a predefined event at the second location based upon the computed second value, where the predefined event relates to travel of the vehicle between the origin location and the destination location;
selecting the candidate route from amongst the several candidate routes, where the candidate route is selected based upon the computed likelihood of occurrence of the predefined event at the second location; and
transmitting the candidate route between the origin location and the destination location to the computing device, where the computing device controls at least one of a propulsion system, a braking system, or a steering system of an autonomous vehicle (AV) to cause the AV to travel over the candidate route.