Nvidia patents system to auto-generate test scenarios for self-driving cars
Nvidia describes a software framework that creates virtual test environments for autonomous machines, such as self-driving cars. It uses a simple text description to automatically generate many variations of a driving scenario, then runs tests to check if the machine handles them correctly. If the tests find gaps in coverage or accuracy, the system creates new scenarios to fill those gaps.
In the filing’s own words
In various examples, scenarios may be defined using a declarative description—e.g., defining a behavior of interest—that the present system may convert into a procedural description for generating one or more instances and/or variations of a scenario for testing an autonomous or semi-autonomous machine in a virtual environment. The system may execute observers or evaluators for testing the performance and accuracy of the machine and may compute coverage of various elements based on the generated virtual scenarios, and may feed the results back to the system to generate additional instances and/or variations where the coverage or accuracy is below a desired level. As a result, the system may include an end-to-end framework for generating scenarios in virtual environments, testing and validating the scenarios themselves, and/or testing and validating the underlying autonomous or semi-autonomous systems of the machine—all based on a declarative description.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- EVALUATING SIMULATED MACHINE SENARIOS
- Publication number
- US20260268047A1
- Application number
- 19555721
- Filed
- Mar 3, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
G06F 30/27 Physics & computingB60W 50/00 Operations & transportG01S 17/931 Physics & computingG06F 11/26 Physics & computingG06F 11/3457 Physics & computingG06F 11/3676 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in AI & software
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