Producing, for an autonomous vehicle, a route from an origination to a destination

A method for producing, for an autonomous vehicle, a route from an origination to a destination, the method comprising:

• producing, by a processor, candidate routes from the origination to the destination;
• obtaining, by the processor, encounter information, the encounter information being of likelihoods of encounters, along the candidate routes, with types of driving situations demonstrated to cause changes in a degree of confidence, of an occupant of the autonomous vehicle, that a controller of the autonomous vehicle will be able to control the autonomous vehicle so that a result of the encounters is not a collision;
• obtaining, by the processor, a confidence weight and take-over probabilities, the occupant being associated with the confidence weight, the take-over probabilities being based on the confidence weight and being of likelihoods that the occupant, in response to the encounters, will cause control of the autonomous vehicle to be transferred to the occupant;
• selecting, by the processor, based on the encounter information and the take-over probabilities, and from the candidate routes, the route from the origination to the destination;
• and
• causing, by the processor, the autonomous vehicle to be configured to commence to move in a direction in accordance with the route.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for producing, for an autonomous vehicle, a route from an origination to a destination, the non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

• produce candidate routes from the origination to the destination;
• obtain encounter information, the encounter information being of likelihoods of encounters, along the candidate routes, with types of driving situations demonstrated to cause changes in a degree of confidence, of an occupant of the autonomous vehicle, that a controller of the autonomous vehicle will be able to control the autonomous vehicle so that a result of the encounters is not a collision;
• obtain a confidence weight and take-over probabilities, the occupant being associated with the confidence weight, the take-over probabilities being based on the confidence weight and being of likelihoods that the occupant, in response to the encounters, will cause control of the autonomous vehicle to be transferred to the occupant;
• select, based on the encounter information and the take-over probabilities, and from the candidate routes, the route from the origination to the destination;
• and
• cause the autonomous vehicle to be configured to commence to move in a direction in accordance with the route.