Transport limitations from malfunctioning sensors
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorsSatyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson, Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of determining a sensor on a transport is not functioning properly, determining a severity of the malfunction, responsive to the severity exceeding a threshold, lowering an autonomous level of the transport, and responsive to the severity continuing to exceed the threshold, limiting an operation of the transport based on an intended output of the malfunctioning sensor.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor on a transport, at least one notification related to a malfunction of a sensor;
- identifying, by the processor, a severity level of the malfunction of the sensor by comparing a number or a frequency of the at least one notification received within a certain time period to a plurality of threshold values corresponding to a plurality of different severity levels;
- and
- responsive to the severity level exceeding a certain threshold value of the plurality of threshold values, lowering, by the processor, an autonomous operation level of the transport.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor, wherein the memory and the at least one processor are communicatively coupled, the at least one processor configured to:
- receive at least one notification related to a malfunction of a sensor on a transport;
- identify a severity level of the malfunction of the sensor by a comparison of a number or a frequency of the at least one notification received within a certain time period to a plurality of threshold values that corresponds to a plurality of different severity levels;
- and
- responsive to the severity level that exceeds a certain threshold value of the plurality of threshold values, lower an autonomous operation level of the transport.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- receiving at least one notification related to a malfunction of a sensor on a transport;
- identifying a severity level of the malfunction of the sensor by comparing a number or a frequency of the at least one notification received within a certain time period to a plurality of threshold values corresponding to a plurality of different severity levels;
- and
- responsive to the severity level exceeding a certain threshold value of the plurality of threshold values, lowering an autonomous operation level of the transport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.