US 2018/0022350 A1 · ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ALTERING A CONDITION OF A VEHICLE USING THE SAME

Abstract

An adaptive vehicle control system that includes processors, memory modules communicatively coupled to the processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that cause the adaptive vehicle control system to determine an autonomous operation profile of a target vehicle positioned in a vehicle operating environment, wherein the vehicle operating environment includes a roadway having one or more lanes, determine an autonomous operation profile of one of more neighboring vehicles positioned within the vehicle operating environment, compare the autonomous operation profile of at least one of the one or more neighboring vehicles with the autonomous operation profile of the target vehicle, and alter a condition of the target vehicle such that the autonomous operation profile of the target vehicle matches an autonomous operation profile of an individual neighboring vehicle of the one or more neighboring vehicles positioned in the same lane as the target vehicle.

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Dependent claims

An adaptive vehicle control system comprising:

one or more processors;
one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
and
machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that cause the adaptive vehicle control system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors:
determine an autonomous operation profile of a target vehicle positioned in a vehicle operating environment, wherein the vehicle operating environment comprises a roadway having one or more lanes;
determine an autonomous operation profile of one of more neighboring vehicles positioned within the vehicle operating environment;
compare the autonomous operation profile of at least one of the one or more neighboring vehicles with the autonomous operation profile of the target vehicle;
and
alter a condition of the target vehicle such that the autonomous operation profile of the target vehicle matches an autonomous operation profile of an individual neighboring vehicle of the one or more neighboring vehicles positioned in the same lane as the target vehicle.

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A method of altering a condition of a target vehicle comprising an autonomous operation profile, the method comprising:

determining an autonomous operation profile of a first neighboring vehicle and an autonomous operation profile of a second neighboring vehicle;
wherein:
the target vehicle, the first neighboring vehicle, and the second neighboring vehicle are each positioned in a vehicle operating environment comprising a roadway having one or more lanes;
the target vehicle is positioned in a first lane of the one or more lanes;
the first neighboring vehicle is positioned in the first lane of the one or more lanes;
and
the second neighboring vehicle is positioned in a second lane of the one or more lanes;
comparing the autonomous operation profile of the target vehicle with the autonomous operation profiles of the first neighboring vehicle and the second neighboring vehicle;
and
providing a control signal to a vehicle control system of the target vehicle, using an automated drive controller, such that the target vehicle moves from the first lane to the second lane when the autonomous operation profile of the target vehicle matches the autonomous operation profile of the second neighboring vehicle and is different than the autonomous operation profile of the first neighboring vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adaptive vehicle control systems and methods of altering a condition of a vehicle using the same

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