Fault handling in an autonomous vehicle

C Attard, S Elwart, JA Greenberg, R Johri… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND A vehicle, eg, a car, truck, bus, etc., may be operated wholly or partly
without human intervention, ie, may be semi-autonomous or autonomous. For example, the …

Transitioning from autonomous vehicle control to to driver control to responding to driver control

WT Yopp - US Patent 9,150,224, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND A vehicle Such as an automobile may be configured for autonomous driving
operations. For example, the vehicle may include a central control unit or the like, ie, the com …

Modifying behavior of autonomous vehicles based on sensor blind spots and limitations

DA Dolgov, CP Urmson - US Patent 9,367,065, 2016 - Google Patents
Autonomous vehicles use various computing systems to aid in the transport of passengers
from one location to another. Some autonomous vehicles may require Some initial input or …

Autonomous vehicle lane routing and navigation

N Meuleau - US Patent 9,404,761, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND An autonomous vehicle may be controlled autonomously, without direct
human intervention, to traversea route of travel from an origin to a destination. An …

Automatic collection of quality control statistics for maps used in autonomous driving

DJ Burnette, AH Chatham, MP McNaughton - US Patent 8,527,199, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Autonomous vehicles use various computing systems to aid in transporting
passengers from one location to another. Some autonomous vehicles may require some …

Autonomous vehicle collision risk assessment

B Konrardy, ST Christensen, G Hayward… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for determining collision risk associated with operation of partially
autonomous vehicles are provided. According to certain aspects, autonomous operation …

Mode transition for an autonomous vehicle

LO Stenneth, V Boroditsky - US Patent 9,365,213, 2016 - Google Patents
An autonomous vehicle may be operable in an autonomous mode and a manual mode. A
confidence threshold is accessed from a database. The confidence threshold may be …

Delegating control of a vehicle

A Abou Mahmoud, S Gautam, DW Joutras… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present invention relates generally to autonomous vehicles and more
particularly to delegation of control of an autonomous vehicle. An increasing trend towards …

Accident response using autonomous vehicle monitoring

B Konrardy, ST Christensen, G Hayward… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and systems are provided for monitoring use of a vehicle having one or more
autonomous (and/or semi-autonomous) operation features to determine and respond to …

Transitioning a mixed-mode vehicle to autonomous mode

LRP Gomez, N Fairfield, A Szybalski, P Nemec… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Unless otherwise indicated herein, the materials described in this section
are not prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be prior art by …