Patent attributes
An intersection decision system for autonomously navigating an autonomous vehicle through a stop sign intersection. The intersection decision system includes an intersection arrival detector configured to automatically detect that the vehicle has arrived at the stop sign intersection, a vehicle detector for automatically detecting previously-arrived vehicles at the stop sign intersection, and a pedestrian detector for automatically detecting pedestrians crossing at the stop sign intersection. The intersection decision system determines whether the detected pedestrians are obstructing the previously-arrived vehicles from proceeding through the stop sign intersection. If so, the intersection decision system determines that the autonomous vehicle should proceed through the stop sign intersection without waiting for the previously-arrived vehicles to proceed through the stop sign intersection.