Decentralized on-demand remote operator and driver service
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRohit Gupta, Nejib Ammar, Akila C. Ganlath
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for programmatically determining a remote operator of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. For example, some implementations may relate to assigning and reassigning a remote operator user in accordance with real-time changes in environmental characteristics of the distributed network of vehicles, remote operators, and (potentially) drivers.
Claims20
A computer system for programmatically determining a remote operator of a vehicle that operates in autonomous or semi-autonomous modes, the computer system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors that are configured to execute machine readable instructions stored in the memory to:
- determine a driver profile associated with the vehicle, wherein the driver profile comprises propensities or preferences of a driver of the vehicle;
- determine a real-time characteristic of the vehicle;
- when a characteristic of a remote operator profile of a remote operator matches a characteristic of the driver profile and the real-time characteristic of the vehicle, add the vehicle to a cluster of vehicles for the remote operator;
- and
- upon receiving a help request for the vehicle, reassign a second vehicle from the cluster to a second remote operator in accordance with a recalculation priority of the second remote operator and the second vehicle.
A method for programmatically determining a remote operator of a vehicle that operates in autonomous or semi-autonomous modes, the method comprising:
- determining a driver profile associated with the vehicle, wherein the driver profile comprises propensities or preferences of a driver of the vehicle;
- determining a real-time characteristic of the vehicle;
- when a characteristic of a remote operator profile of a remote operator matches a characteristic of the driver profile and the real-time characteristic of the vehicle, adding the vehicle to a cluster of vehicles for the remote operator;
- and
- upon receiving a help request for the vehicle, reassigning a second vehicle from the cluster to a second remote operator in accordance with a recalculation priority of the second remote operator and the second vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.