Adaptive driver intent detection for driver and vehicle type

A system comprising:

• one or more sensors of a vehicle that are configured to obtain sensor data as to operation of the vehicle;
• a satellite-based location system of the vehicle that is configured to obtain location data as to a geographic location of the vehicle;
• and
• a processor of the vehicle that is coupled to the one or more sensors and to the location system and that is configured to at least facilitate:
• determining, using the sensor data and the location data, a maneuver for the vehicle based on an intent of a driver of the vehicle in initiating the maneuver;
• characterizing one or more parameters as to an expected behavior of the vehicle based on the maneuver, utilizing a mathematical procedure including a probability function;
• adjusting the characterizing of the one or more parameters in an online closed loop onboard the vehicle;
• and
• taking an assisted vehicle control action, in accordance with instructions provided by the processor, based on the determining of the maneuver and the characterizing of the one or more parameters.

A system comprising:

• a vehicle comprising:
• a body;
• a drive system configured to generate movement of the body;
• one or more sensors of the vehicle that are configured to obtain sensor data as to operation of the vehicle;
• a location system of the vehicle that is configured to obtain location data as to a geographic location of the vehicle;
• and
• a first processor that is coupled to the one or more sensors and to the location system and that is configured to at least facilitate, onboard the vehicle:
• determining, using the sensor data and the location data, a maneuver for the vehicle based on an intent of a driver of the vehicle in initiating the maneuver;
• characterizing one or more parameters as to an expected behavior of the vehicle based on the maneuver, utilizing a mathematical procedure including a probability function;
• adjusting the characterizing of the one or more parameters in an online closed loop onboard the vehicle;
• and
• taking an assisted vehicle control action, in accordance with instructions provided by the first processor, based on the determining of the maneuver and the characterizing of the one or more parameters, wherein the first processor is further configured to at least facilitate taking the assisted vehicle control action by providing automatic steering, braking, and/or propulsion of the vehicle via instructions provided by the first processor in predicting driver intent and avoiding contact with one or more other vehicles during an evasive steering maneuver, and wherein the instructions for the assisted vehicle control action are based at least in part on the driver intent for the evasive steering maneuver in addition to field data and driver behavior patterns;
• and
• a remote server that is remote from and coupled to the vehicle via a wireless communication network and that includes a second processor that is configured to at least facilitate predicting of the one or more parameters based upon maneuver characteristics and learned vehicle parameters from a plurality of different drivers and a plurality of different vehicles of a different time.