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AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsKeith Hutchings, Ilmo van der Lowe, Vasily Starostenko
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Aspects of the disclosure relate to testing situational awareness of a test driver tasked with monitoring the driving of a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, a signal that indicates that the test driver may be distracted may be identified. Based on the signal, that a question can be asked of the test driver may be determined. A plurality of factors relating to a driving context for the vehicle may be identified. Based on the determination, a question may be generated based on the plurality of factors. The question may be provided to the test driver. Input may be received from the test driver providing an answer to the question.
A method of testing situational awareness of a test driver tasked with monitoring a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode, the method comprising:
A system for testing situational awareness of a test driver tasked with monitoring a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode, the system comprising one or more processors configured to:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an autonomous vehicle, cause the autonomous vehicle to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.