Operation of vehicle controls to effect autonomous passing, road exit and exit search operations
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Delp
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Abstract
A computing device is configured for communication with at least one autonomously controllable vehicle system or component. The computing device includes one or more processors for controlling operation of the computing device, and a memory for storing data and program instructions usable by the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to control the vehicle so as to execute one of an autonomous passing operation, an autonomous road exit operation, and an autonomous exit search operation responsive to manual actuation of an associated control mechanism.
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A computing device configured for communication with at least one autonomously controllable vehicle system or component, the computing device comprising one or more processors for controlling operation of the computing device, and a memory for storing data and program instructions usable by the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to control a vehicle so as to execute one of an autonomous passing operation and an autonomous road exit operation, responsive to manual actuation of an associated control mechanism according to an associated manual actuation mode.
A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle comprising the step of initiating one of an autonomous passing operation, and an autonomous road exit operation, responsive to an associated manual actuation of an associated control mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.