Vehicle remote assistance mode

A remote vehicle assistance system, comprising:

• a remote communications module configured to receive permitted blacklist data and route solution data from a vehicle system, the permitted blacklist data including at least one road segment of road map data that is permitted to be blacklisted and the route solution data representing at least one route to a target destination;
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• a vehicle assistance tool configured to select at least one road segment from the permitted blacklist data to be blacklisted, thereby producing blacklist data;
• the remote communications module configured to transmit the blacklist data to the vehicle system.

A computer implemented method of providing remote assistance to an autonomous vehicle comprising a vehicle system, the method comprising:

• calculating, via a router of the vehicle system that accesses road map data, at least one route to a destination based on the road map data, thereby producing route solution data;
• the vehicle system entering a remote assistance mode in response to remote assistance decision data received from a blockage arbiter of the vehicle system;
• in the remote assistance mode, determining, via the router, at least one road segment of the road map data that is permitted to be blacklisted, thereby producing permitted blacklist data;
• transmitting the permitted blacklist data and the route solution data, via a vehicle communications module of the vehicle system, to a remote vehicle assistance system.