US 10,948,911 B2 · Co-pilot

Abstract

A system for monitoring vehicle drive states and transitioning between human drive control and autonomous drive control based on the vehicle drive states. The system includes a human/autonomous drive status and transition module. The module is configured to: receive data from an autonomous drive module and determine a drive state of the autonomous drive module based on the data received from the autonomous drive module; receive data from a driver status monitor (DSM) to determine a drive state of a human driver; and transition between human drive control and autonomous drive control by the autonomous drive module, and vice-versa, based on the determined drive states of the human driver and the autonomous drive module.

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Dependent claims

A system for monitoring vehicle drive states and transitioning between human drive control and autonomous drive control based on the vehicle drive states, the system comprising:

a human/autonomous drive status and transition module configured to:
receive data from an autonomous drive module and determine a drive state of the autonomous drive module based on the data received from the autonomous drive module;
receive data from a driver status monitor (DSM) to determine a drive state of a human driver;
and
transition between human drive control and autonomous drive control by the autonomous drive module, and vice-versa, based on the determined drive states of the human driver and the autonomous drive module;
and
a human-machine interface configured to generate a first alert of a first intensity when the DSM determines that the driver is in a distracted state, and generate a second alert of a second intensity that is greater than the first intensity when the DSM determines that the driver is incapacitated.

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