Systems and methods for providing a suggested steering action indicator to user interface of vehicle
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsWei Koh, Hervé Cecchi, Steven Goodin
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to provide a steering indicator to a driver of a vehicle. It is determined whether a first obstacle is in a forward path of the vehicle and whether a second obstacle is present at a side of the vehicle. In response to (a) determining the first obstacle is in the forward path and (b) determining whether the second obstacle is present at the one or more sides of the vehicle, a suggested steering action indicator indicating one or more movements for the vehicle to avoid the first obstacle is provided to a user interface of the vehicle.
Claims20
A system of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to determine sensor data associated with an environment surrounding the vehicle;
- control circuitry configured to:
- determine, based on the sensor data, whether a first obstacle is in a forward path of the vehicle;
- in response to determining, at a first time, the first obstacle is in the forward path, provide an indication to brake;
- determine, based on the sensor data, whether the vehicle can slow down to avoid the first obstacle;
- determine, based on the sensor data, whether a second obstacle is present at one or more sides of the vehicle;
- and
- in response to (a) determining, at a second time later than the first time, the vehicle cannot slow down to avoid the first obstacle and (b) determining whether the second obstacle is present at the one or more sides of the vehicle, provide one or more suggested steering action indicators to a user interface of the vehicle indicating one or more movements for the vehicle to avoid the first obstacle.
A method comprising:
- determining, based on input about an environment surrounding a vehicle received from one or more sensors, a collision warning event based on whether a first obstacle is present in a forward path of the vehicle;
- in response to determining, at a first time, the first obstacle is in the forward path, providing an indication to brake;
- determining, based on the input, whether the vehicle can slow down to avoid the first obstacle;
- determining, based on the input, whether a second obstacle is present at a first side or a second side of the vehicle;
- and
- in response to (a) determining, at a second time later than the first time, the vehicle cannot slow down to avoid the first obstacle and (b) determining that the second obstacle is not present at the second side of the vehicle:
- providing one or more suggested steering action indicators to a user interface of the vehicle to turn the vehicle towards the second side to avoid the first obstacle.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having non-transitory computer-readable instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
- determine a collision warning event based on whether a first obstacle is present in a forward path of a vehicle;
- in response to determining, at a first time, the first obstacle is in the forward path, provide an indication to brake;
- determine whether the vehicle can slow down to avoid the first obstacle;
- determine whether an obstacle is present at a side of the vehicle;
- and
- in response to (a) determining, at a second time later than the first time, the vehicle cannot slow down to avoid the first obstacle and (b) determining that an obstacle is not present at the side of the vehicle:
- provide one or more suggested steering action indicators to a driver of the vehicle to turn the vehicle towards the side to avoid the first obstacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.