Autonomous vehicle component malfunction impact assessment

A computer system configured for use in autonomous vehicles, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more transceivers adapted to communicate with autonomous vehicles;
• and
• a non-transitory program memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
• collect operating information from a plurality of autonomous vehicles each having a plurality of components via the one or more transceivers, wherein each vehicle of the plurality of autonomous vehicles includes at least one instance of the component to be assessed;
• identify occurrences of the component malfunctioning in the operating information;
• determine at least one risk of malfunction associated with the component based upon the identified occurrences of the component malfunctioning;
• determine at least one result of each identified occurrence of the component malfunctioning, each result indicating an impact of the occurrence of the component malfunctioning on at least one of the following:
• a risk of a vehicle collision or severity of a vehicle collision;
• and
• generate a component profile for the component indicating one or more combinations of risk and impact associated with the component malfunctioning.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions, that when executed cause one or more processors to:

• collect operating information from a plurality of autonomous vehicles each having a plurality of components, wherein each vehicle of the plurality of autonomous vehicles includes at least one instance of the component to be assessed;
• identify occurrences of the component malfunctioning in the operating information;
• determine at least one risk of malfunction associated with the component based upon the identified occurrences of the component malfunctioning;
• determine at least one result of each identified occurrence of the component malfunctioning, each result indicating an impact of the occurrence of the component malfunctioning on at least one of the following:
• a risk of a vehicle collision or severity of a vehicle collision;
• and
• generate a component profile for the component indicating one or more combinations of risk and impact associated with the component malfunctioning.