Patents by Inventor Baxter SMITH

Baxter SMITH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Navigating multi-way stop intersections with an autonomous vehicle
    Patent number: 12365341
    Abstract: The subject matter described in this specification is directed to a system and techniques for operating an autonomous vehicle (AV) at a multi-way stop intersection. After detecting the AV is at a primary stopline of the multi-way stop intersection, a planned travel path though the multi-way stop intersection is obtained. If the planned travel path of the AV through the multi-way stop intersection satisfies a set of one or more clearance criteria, the AV proceeds past the primary stopline. The clearance criteria include a criterion that is satisfied in response to detecting the AV is clear to safely merge into a travel lane corresponding to the planned travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Mochan Shrestha, Shu-Kai Lin, Baxter Smith, Xiaojun Sun, Wenda Xu
  • NAVIGATING MULTI-WAY STOP INTERSECTIONS WITH AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210101625
    Abstract: The subject matter described in this specification is directed to a system and techniques for operating an autonomous vehicle (AV) at a multi-way stop intersection. After detecting the AV is at a primary stopline of the multi-way stop intersection, a planned travel path though the multi-way stop intersection is obtained. If the planned travel path of the AV through the multi-way stop intersection satisfies a set of one or more clearance criteria, the AV proceeds past the primary stopline. The clearance criteria include a criterion that is satisfied in response to detecting the AV is clear to safely merge into a travel lane corresponding to the planned travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: MOTIONAL AD LLC
    Inventors: Mochan SHRESTHA, Shu-Kai LIN, Baxter SMITH, Xiaojun SUN, Wenda XU