Patents by Inventor Zachary Wright Garcia

Zachary Wright Garcia 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).

  • Publication number: 20240294186
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for determining, by an AV, whether a roadway is closed by determining and understanding the intent of the emergency vehicle. A method comprises navigating an autonomous vehicle (AV) along a roadway; receiving road data, by the AV, wherein the road data corresponds with at least one emergency vehicle; identifying the at least one emergency vehicle; determining a pose of the at least one emergency vehicle in relation to the roadway; and determining if the roadway is closed based on the pose of the emergency vehicle in relation to the roadway. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Zachary Wright Garcia, Changkai Zhou, Kevin Yuwen Tong, Nestor Grace
  • Publication number: 20240290109
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for determining a directionality of temporary traffic lanes. An example method can include detecting, based on sensor data from sensors of a vehicle, a temporary traffic lane on a road configured for use by traffic to navigate the road in lieu of a pre-existing traffic lane on the road, wherein a boundary of the temporary traffic lane is defined by objects on the road; detecting, based on the sensor data, cues indicating a directionality of the temporary traffic lane based on a first indication of a direction of travel of a vehicle traveling through the temporary traffic lane or an adjacent temporary traffic lane, a second indication of directionality provided by a human traffic controller in the road, and/or a third indication of directionality predicted based on objects on the road; and detecting the directionality of the temporary traffic lane based on the cues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Changkai Zhou, Shuqin Xie, Eric Lujan, Zachary Wright Garcia, Evan Paul, Nestor Grace, Kevin Yuwen Tong, Raghid Mardini, Sasanka Nagavalli
  • Patent number: 12073424
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving by an autonomous vehicle (“AV”) service provider a request for an AV service from a user, wherein the request identifies an origin and a destination for the AV service; identifying a plurality of possible routes between the origin and the destination; and, for each one of the plurality of possible routes assigning to the one of the possible routes at least one of a comfort score, a confidence score, and a risk an risk score based on data associated with the one of the possible routes determining a price for the one of the possible routes based on a combination of the at least one of the comfort score, the confidence score, and the risk score assigned to the one of the possible routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Zachary Wright Garcia
  • Publication number: 20230041487
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving by an autonomous vehicle (“AV”) service provider a request for an AV service from a user, wherein the request identifies an origin and a destination for the AV service; identifying a plurality of possible routes between the origin and the destination; and, for each one of the plurality of possible routes assigning to the one of the possible routes at least one of a comfort score, a confidence score, and a risk an risk score based on data associated with the one of the possible routes determining a price for the one of the possible routes based on a combination of the at least one of the comfort score, the confidence score, and the risk score assigned to the one of the possible routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Zachary Wright Garcia
  • Patent number: 11494795
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving by an autonomous vehicle (“AV”) service provider a request for an AV service from a user, wherein the request identifies an origin and a destination for the AV service; identifying a plurality of possible routes between the origin and the destination; and, for each one of the plurality of possible routes assigning to the one of the possible routes at least one of a comfort score, a confidence score, and a risk an risk score based on data associated with the one of the possible routes determining a price for the one of the possible routes based on a combination of the at least one of the comfort score, the confidence score, and the risk score assigned to the one of the possible routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Zachary Wright Garcia
  • Publication number: 20210364305
    Abstract: A map database stores data describing a set of connected roadways, each having one or more lanes. A navigation system selects a route for an autonomous vehicle (AV) by identifying a set of candidate lanes for routing the AV in the map database and retrieving at least one parameter of each candidate lane from the map database. The navigation system determines a performance metric for each of the candidate lanes, the performance metric for a given candidate lane based on the retrieved at least one parameter of the given candidate lane. The navigation system selects a candidate lane for routing the AV based at least in part on the determined performance metrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Rizk, Zachary Wright Garcia, Chen Xie, John Habeb Khawam, Varun Bharadwaj, Christopher Brian Roland, Riccardo Pavesi, Anmol Garg, Anusha Sridhar Rao, Charles Bruce Matlack, Michael Rusignola