US 11,961,337 B2Granted

Self-maintaining autonomous vehicle procedure

AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC

InventorsThomas Bachant, Nadav Ullman, Joseph Thibeault, Jake McCloskey, Paul Garcia, Jose Arturo Covarrubias-Reynoso, Michael Magnoli

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Abstract

Aspects of the disclosed technology encompass solutions for automatically requesting a backup vehicle for passengers of an autonomous vehicle provisioned ride-hailing service. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for collecting diagnostic data relating to at least one AV operation, and analyzing the diagnostic data to determine if the AV needs maintenance. Moreover, in response to a determination that the AV needs maintenance, the process can include steps for automatically requesting a backup service for a passenger of the AV. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

collecting, via one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle (AV), diagnostic data relating to at least one operation of the AV;
based on the diagnostic data, determining that a calibration value of at least one sensor of the AV differs from one or more predetermined calibration values associated with the at least one sensor of the AV;
based on the determining that the calibration value of at least one sensor of the AV differs from one or more predetermined calibration values associated with the at least one sensor of the AV, determining that the AV needs maintenance;
causing the AV to come to a stop based on an instruction to bring the AV to the stop that is generated in response to determining that the AV needs maintenance;
in response to determining that the AV needs maintenance, automatically requesting a backup service for a passenger of the AV;
and
generating a notification indicating that the backup service has been requested for the passenger of the AV.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the computer-readable medium comprises instructions stored therein, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
collect, via one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle (AV), diagnostic data relating to at least one operation of the AV;
based on the diagnostic data, determine that a calibration value of at least one sensor of the AV differs from one or more predetermined calibration values associated with the at least one sensor of the AV;
based on the determining that the calibration value of at least one sensor of the AV differs from one or more predetermined calibration values associated with the at least one sensor of the AV, determine that the AV needs maintenance;
cause the AV to come to a stop based on an instruction to bring the AV to the stop that is generated in response to determining that the AV needs maintenance;
in response to determining that the AV needs maintenance, automatically request a backup service for a passenger of the AV;
and
generate a notification indicating that a backup service has been requested for the passenger of the AV.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

collect, via one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle (AV), diagnostic data relating to at least one operation of the AV;
based on the diagnostic data, determine that a calibration value of at least one sensor of the AV differs from one or more predetermined calibration values associated with the at least one sensor of the AV;
based on the determining that the calibration value of at least one sensor of the AV differs from one or more predetermined calibration values associated with the at least one sensor of the AV, determine that the AV needs maintenance;
cause the AV to come to a stop based on an instruction to bring the AV to the stop that is generated in response to determining that the AV needs maintenance;
in response to determining that the AV needs maintenance, automatically request a backup service for a passenger of the AV;
and
generate a notification indicating that the backup service has been requested for the passenger of the AV.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/155,921Filed 22 Jan 2021 · continuation
Priority: WO PCT/US2019/06832223 Dec 2019
Published: US 2021/0142587 A113 May 2021
Granted: 16 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06Q 10/20
Administration; Management: administration of product repair or maintenance
G07C 5/006
Registering or indicating the working of vehicles: indicating maintenance
G05D 1/0088
Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots: characterized by the…
G05D 1/81
Arrangements for reacting to or preventing system or operator failure: handing over between on-board automatic and on-board manual control

Family

Application16/410,911Parent of this continuation · filed 13 May 2019
US 2021/0142587 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 May 2021
US 10,916,072 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2020/0364949 A1Published application
US 11,961,337 B2This patent

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