Restricting areas available to autonomous and teleoperated vehicles

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for restricting navigation of a vehicle via interactions with a remote server, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to perform steps comprising:

• storing, at a policy database, a set of policies specifying rules constraining permissible geographic regions where the vehicle is permitted to navigate;
• obtaining, from sensors of the vehicle, first input data relating to a first state of the vehicle at a first time while the vehicle is controlled by an autonomous drive system of the vehicle;
• determining, by a processor, a first set of one or more applicable policies from the set of policies that apply to the vehicle based on the obtained first state of the vehicle;
• responsive to detecting, based on the first state of the vehicle, that the vehicle is within a threshold distance of restricted geographic region specified by the first set of one or more applicable policies, establishing a teleoperation session in which a remote teleoperator remotely controls navigation of the vehicle;
• providing at a remote teleoperation station, a view of a local environment of the vehicle that includes visual indicators of permitted and restricted road segments;
• transmitting the teleoperation controls to the vehicle to control navigation of the vehicle during the teleoperation session;
• and
• responsive to detecting that the vehicle is outside the threshold distance of the restricted region, terminating the teleoperation session and restoring control of the vehicle to the autonomous drive system of the vehicle.

A computer system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for restricting navigation of a vehicle via interactions with a remote server, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to perform steps comprising:
• storing, at a policy database, a set of policies specifying rules constraining permissible geographic regions where the vehicle is permitted to navigate;
• obtaining, from sensors of the vehicle, first input data relating to a first state of the vehicle at a first time while the vehicle is controlled by an autonomous drive system of the vehicle;
• determining, by a processor, a first set of one or more applicable policies from the set of policies that apply to the vehicle based on the obtained first state of the vehicle;
• responsive to detecting, based on the first state of the vehicle, that the vehicle is within a threshold distance of restricted geographic region specified by the first set of one or more applicable policies, establishing a teleoperation session in which a remote teleoperator remotely controls navigation of the vehicle;
• providing at a remote teleoperation station, a view of a local environment of the vehicle that includes visual indicators of permitted and restricted road segments;
• transmitting the teleoperation controls to the vehicle to control navigation of the vehicle during the teleoperation session;
• and
• responsive to detecting that the vehicle is outside the threshold distance of the restricted region, terminating the teleoperation session and restoring control of the vehicle to the autonomous drive system of the vehicle.