Method and system for determining a state change of an autonomous device

A method of adapting a requirement for an operation of an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of performance parameter values obtained by monitoring at least one performance parameter during an autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the performance parameter is a physical variable characterizing at least a part of a driving of the autonomous vehicle, and wherein the performance parameter is selected from the group comprising:
• a speed, an acceleration/deceleration, a current position of the vehicle, a steering wheel angle, a pedal usage, traffic patterns, a situational awareness, a response to dynamic and stationary objects on or adjacent to a thoroughfare, and a value associated with a transfer of control from a vehicle AI to a human driver;
• determining a performance quantity quantifying a quality of the autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle based on the performance parameter values, wherein the performance quantity is a quantity based on a mathematical subsumption of the performance parameter values allowing a quantitative comparison of a driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle to at least one driving feature selected from the group consisting of:
• a previous driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle, a driving behavior of other autonomous vehicles, a driving behavior of other semi-autonomously operated vehicles, and a driving of manually operated vehicles, wherein the change in the autonomous vehicle driving software, the hardware related to autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle, or both the autonomous vehicle driving software and the hardware related to autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle affects a performance of autonomously controlled actions and/or a condition of the autonomous vehicle or at least components thereof;
• determining a change of state value associated with an accident risk for the autonomous vehicle by comparing the performance quantity with a previously determined performance quantity, wherein the change of state value indicates whether a change has occurred in the driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle;
• comparing the accident risk associated with the change of state value to a threshold and, depending on a result of the comparison, sending the accident risk to a plurality of servers;
• in return to sending the accident risk to the plurality of servers, receiving server data from the plurality of servers, the server data being based on the accident risk and indicative of at least one parameter defining a usage of the autonomous vehicle;
• determining at least one parameter for operating the autonomous vehicle by comparing the server data received from different ones of the plurality of servers with each other and choosing the server data from one of the plurality of servers;
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• performing at least one step selected from the group consisting of operating the autonomous vehicle based on the at least one parameter for operating the autonomous vehicle and maintaining the autonomous vehicle based on the at least one parameter for operating the autonomous vehicle.

A system for adapting an autonomous driving of an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:

• a receiving module configured for receiving a plurality of performance parameter values obtained by monitoring at least one performance parameter during the autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the performance parameter is a variable characterizing at least a part of the autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle, and wherein the performance parameter is selected from the group comprising:
• a speed, an acceleration/deceleration, a current position of the vehicle, a steering wheel angle, a pedal usage, traffic patterns, a situational awareness, a response to dynamic and stationary objects on or adjacent to a thoroughfare, and a value associated with a transfer of control from a vehicle AI to a human driver;
• a quantity determining module configured for determining a performance quantity quantifying a quality of the autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle based on the performance parameter values and information associated with a change in an autonomous vehicle driving software, a hardware related to autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle, or both the autonomous vehicle driving software and the hardware related to autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the performance quantity is a quantity based on a mathematical subsumption of the performance parameter values allowing a quantitative comparison to a previous driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the change in the autonomous vehicle driving software, the hardware related to autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle, or both the autonomous vehicle driving software and the hardware related to autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle affects a performance of autonomously controlled actions and/or a condition of the autonomous vehicle or at least components thereof;
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• a change determining module configured for determining a change of state value for the autonomous vehicle based on a comparison of the performance quantity with a previously determined performance quantity, wherein the change of state value characterizes an effect of a change in the autonomous vehicle driving software, the hardware, or both the autonomous vehicle driving software and the hardware on an autonomous driving behavior of the vehicle.