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US 9,429,440 B2Granted
Driving action determination for travel route exit event
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorMasahiro Harada
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AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorMasahiro Harada
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Arrangements relate to determining a driving action for an autonomous vehicle. An exit event along a current road of a travel route of the autonomous vehicle can be identified. At least one forward vehicle between the autonomous vehicle and the exit event can be detected. A driving action to take relative to the at least one forward vehicle can be determined based on one or more inputs. Such inputs can include a determined availability or unavailability of passing the at least one forward vehicle and/or a determined sufficiency or insufficiency of distance between the at least one forward vehicle and the exit event. The autonomous vehicle can be caused to implement the determined driving action. The driving action can be, for example, remaining behind the at least one forward vehicle, passing the at least one forward vehicle or prompting an occupant of the autonomous vehicle to select a driving action.
A method of determining a driving action for an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
A system for an autonomous vehicle comprising:
A computer program product for determining a driving action for an autonomous vehicle approaching an exit event, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therein, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
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