OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000352

Using distributions for characteristics of hypothetical occluded objects for autonomous vehicles

Published: 2026-09-15T19:02:46.928625Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000352
Categories: Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision > Industrial Control

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ABSTRACT

Aspects of the disclosure provide for generating distributions for
hypothetical or potentially occluded objects. For instance, a location for
which to generate one or more distributions may be identified. Observations of
road users by perception systems of a plurality of autonomous vehicles may be
accessed. Each of these observations may identify a characteristic of one of
the road users. A distribution of the characteristic for the location may be
determined based on the observations. The distribution may be provided to one
or more autonomous vehicles in order to enable the one or more autonomous
vehicles to use the distribution to generate a characteristic for a
hypothetical occluded road user and to respond to the hypothetical occluded
road user.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000352
Published 2026-09-15T19:02:46.928625Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000352