Patent Document ID: 9703291
Application ID: 14986813
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for maneuvering a vehicle, the method comprising: maneuvering, by one or more processors, the vehicle according to a control strategy; selecting, by the one or more processors, a set of points from a plurality of data points generated by a sensor, each data point of the plurality of data points representing a three-dimensional location of a point corresponding to a surface of an object located on a section of roadway, the set of points being indicative of an object in the section of roadway; estimating, by the one or more processors, a bounding box for the set of points based on a detailed map of the section of roadway; adjusting, by the one or more processors, a parameter of the estimated bounding box based on the three-dimensional locations of at least some of the set of points; adjusting, by the one or more processors, the control strategy based on the adjusted parameter; and maneuvering, by the one or more processors, the vehicle according to the adjusted control strategy.