Autonomous peril control
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid B. Kelley, Kenneth James Miller, William Paul Perkins
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Abstract
At least one object having a risk of collision with the vehicle is detected. Levels of autonomous control are transitioned in response to detection of a potential collision based at least in part on an autonomous peril factor which includes a probability of collision and a magnitude of possible damage in the event of a collision.
Claims18
A method for controlling a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- detecting at least one object having a risk of collision with the vehicle;
- and
- transitioning between levels of autonomous control in response to detection of a potential collision based at least in part on an autonomous peril factor which includes a probability of collision and a magnitude of possible damage in the event of a collision.
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of vehicle control subsystems;
- a plurality of sensors and receivers for receiving signals, from a plurality of sources, representing at least one object having a risk of collision with a vehicle;
- at least one controller programmed to develop an autonomous peril factor based on a dynamics factor for at least one of the signals;
- and
- wherein the at least one controller is programmed to transition control of the vehicle between levels of autonomous control based at least in part on the peril factor.
A method for controlling a vehicle comprising transitioning between levels of autonomous control in response to detection of a potential collision at least in part on a magnitude of possible damage and a probability of collision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.