Methods and devices for autonomous vehicle operation
AssigneeNIO USA, Inc.
InventorsStefan T. Hilligardt, James S. Higgins, Abhishek Singhal, Rachad Youssef Gamarra
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Abstract
A device for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes a processor and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect that the autonomous vehicle has one or more malfunctioning components and to determine, in response to the detection, a likelihood that the autonomous vehicle is able to reach a desired stop location based on one or more factors associated with the one or more malfunctioning components. The device determines at least one maneuver for the autonomous vehicle based on the likelihood, and causes the autonomous vehicle to perform the at least one maneuver.
Claims20
A device for controlling an autonomous vehicle, the device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- detect that the autonomous vehicle has one or more malfunctioning components;
- determine, in response to the detection, a likelihood that the autonomous vehicle is able to reach a desired stop location based on one or more factors associated with the one or more malfunctioning components;
- determine at least one maneuver for the autonomous vehicle based on the determined likelihood;
- and
- cause the autonomous vehicle to perform the determined at least one maneuver,
- wherein the memory further comprises instructions that cause the processor to determine the at least one maneuver to be one or more first maneuvers toward the desired stop location when the determined likelihood is at or above a threshold, and
- wherein the memory further comprises instructions that cause the processor to determine, when the likelihood is at or below the threshold, whether the autonomous vehicle is operable in a degraded driving mode based on the one or more factors.
A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting that the autonomous vehicle has one or more malfunctioning components;
- determining, in response to the detection, a likelihood that the autonomous vehicle is able to reach a desired stop location based on one or more factors associated with the one or more malfunctioning components, wherein the one or more factors include a safety score for each of the one or more malfunctioning components, wherein each safety score is indicative of an importance of a respective malfunctioning component to an operation of the autonomous vehicle;
- determining, when the determined likelihood is at or below a threshold, whether the autonomous vehicle is operable in a degraded driving mode based on the one or more factors;
- and
- determining at least one maneuver for the autonomous vehicle based on the determined likelihood;
- causing the autonomous vehicle to perform the determined at least one maneuver.
A system for controlling autonomous vehicles, the system comprising:
- a first device to:
- detect that a first autonomous vehicle has one or more malfunctioning components;
- determine, in response to the detection, a likelihood that the first autonomous vehicle is able to reach a desired stop location based on one or more factors associated with the one or more malfunctioning components;
- determine, when the likelihood is at or below a threshold, whether the autonomous vehicle is operable in a degraded driving mode based on the one or more factors;
- determine at least one maneuver for the first autonomous vehicle based on the determined likelihood;
- and
- cause the first autonomous vehicle to perform the determined at least one maneuver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.