System and method for natural-language vehicle control

A method for vehicle control, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a control device, a natural-language guidance instruction to direct operation of a vehicle;
• identifying, by the control device, at least one target based on the guidance instruction to identify parameters for performing object detection in image data, wherein the target is identified to classify objects detected in image data and an endpoint of the target;
• performing, by the control device, object detection on received image data for the at least one target, wherein the image data is received from at least one camera mounted to the vehicle and wherein at least one characteristic of an object is determined based on a plurality of predefined object classes from the natural-language guidance instruction to determine a match to the target;
• determining, by the control device, a control command in response to the object detection and the endpoint of a target;
• and
• controlling, by the control device, operation of the vehicle based on the control command and the endpoint of the target.