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US 11,454,970 B2Granted
Adjustment of autonomous vehicle control authority
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorsVivek Anand Sujan, Robert L. Kern, Jennifer Kay Light-Holets
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Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems adjust the level of control authority of one or more autonomous vehicles in order to respond to changes in one or more operating conditions associated with the vehicle, operator, environment, route, and other conditions.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving at an electronic controller one or more operating conditions associated with at least one vehicle operable along a route via a prime mover;
- determining with the electronic controller, in response to the one or more operating conditions, a vehicle control authority modification parameter for the at least one vehicle, wherein the operating conditions include telemetry data associated with a maneuver of the at least one vehicle and the vehicle control authority modification parameter is based at least in part on an assessment of the telemetry data for a maneuver of the at least one vehicle that determines a likelihood of violating an operating constraint by the at least one vehicle;
- modifying a level of autonomous vehicle control in response to the vehicle control authority modification parameter, wherein the vehicle control authority modification parameter modifies one or more control decisions from autonomous control to operator control based on the assessment of the telemetry data determining the operating constraint will be violated by the maneuver under autonomous control;
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- controlling operation of the at least one vehicle in response to the modified level of autonomous vehicle control.
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A vehicle electronic control system, comprising:
- an electronic controller configured to:
- receive one or more operating conditions associated with at least one vehicle operable along a route via a prime mover;
- determine, in response to the one or more operating conditions, a vehicle control authority modification parameter for the at least one vehicle, wherein the vehicle control authority modification parameter is based at least in part on an assessment of telemetry data for a maneuver of the at least one vehicle that determines a likelihood of violation of an operating constraint for the at least one vehicle;
- modify a level of autonomous vehicle control in response to the vehicle control authority modification parameter, wherein the vehicle control authority modification parameter modifies one or more control decisions from autonomous control to operator control based at least in part on the assessment of the telemetry data determining the operating constraint will be violated by the maneuver of the at least one vehicle under autonomous control;
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- control operation of the at least one vehicle in response to the modified level of autonomous vehicle control.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.