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US 10,023,115 B2Granted
Autonomous vehicle handoff alert
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorTyler Kelly
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Abstract
A vehicle alert system includes a processor programmed to receive a handoff request indicating a transition of a host vehicle from an autonomous mode of operation to a non-autonomous mode of operation. The processor is further programmed to output a notification signal in response to receiving the handoff request. A vehicle component is configured to deliver an electrical current to a vehicle driver in response to the notification signal.
Claims17
A vehicle alert system comprising:
- a processor programmed to receive a handoff request indicating a transition of a vehicle from an autonomous mode of operation to a non-autonomous mode of operation, and wherein the processor is programmed to output a notification signal in response to receiving the handoff request;
- a vehicle component configured to deliver an electrical current to a vehicle driver in response to receiving the notification signal to alert the vehicle driver of the transition to the non-autonomous mode of operation;
- wherein the processor is programmed to permit the transition to the non-autonomous mode of operation if a left hand and a right hand of the vehicle driver are in physical contact with a steering wheel.
A method comprising:
- receiving a handoff request indicating a transition of a vehicle from an autonomous mode of operation to a non-autonomous mode of operation;
- outputting a notification signal in response to receiving the handoff request;
- and
- when a vehicle driver is in physical contact with a vehicle component, delivering an electrical current to the vehicle component in response to receiving the notification signal to alert a vehicle driver of the transition to the non-autonomous mode of operation and permitting the transition of the vehicle from the autonomous mode of operation to the non-autonomous mode of operation.
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