Using Zone Rules to Control Autonomous Vehicle Operation Within a Zone
AssigneeLyft, Inc.
InventorThomas Danaher Harvey
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Abstract
A method includes determining that an autonomous vehicle is in a zone associated with one or more zone rules; causing, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle is in the zone, the autonomous vehicle to operate in a controlled mode of operation associated with the zone rules; determining that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone; and releasing, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone, the autonomous vehicle from the controlled mode of operation.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- determining, by an autonomous vehicle, that the autonomous vehicle is in a zone associated with one or more zone rules, wherein the zone rules are stored on the autonomous vehicle;
- causing, by the autonomous vehicle, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle is in the zone, the autonomous vehicle to operate in a controlled mode of operation associated with the zone rules, wherein the zone rules limit behavior of the autonomous vehicle based on one or more conditions known to or sensed by the autonomous vehicle;
- determining, by the autonomous vehicle, that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone;
- and
- releasing, by the autonomous vehicle, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone, the autonomous vehicle from the controlled mode of operation.
One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media, onboard an autonomous vehicle, embodying software that is operable when executed to:
- determine that the autonomous vehicle is in a zone associated with one or more zone rules, wherein the zone rules are stored on the autonomous vehicle;
- cause, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle is in the zone, the autonomous vehicle to operate in a controlled mode of operation associated with the zone rules, wherein the zone rules limit behavior of the autonomous vehicle based on one or more conditions known to or sensed by the autonomous vehicle;
- determine that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone;
- and
- release, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone, the autonomous vehicle from the controlled mode of operation.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors onboard an autonomous vehicle;
- and
- one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media, onboard the autonomous vehicle and coupled to one or more of the processors, that comprise instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to cause the system to:
- determine that the autonomous vehicle is in a zone associated with one or more zone rules, wherein the zone rules are stored on the autonomous vehicle;
- cause, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle is in the zone, the autonomous vehicle to operate in a controlled mode of operation associated with the zone rules, wherein the zone rules limit behavior of the autonomous vehicle based on one or more conditions known to or sensed by the autonomous vehicle;
- determine that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone;
- and
- release, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone, the autonomous vehicle from the controlled mode of operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.