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US 9,494,439 B1Granted
Autonomous vehicle operated with guide assistance of human driven vehicles
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Ross, John Bares, David LaRose, Matthew Sweeney
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Abstract
Examples described herein include an autonomous vehicle that receives guide assistance from a human driven vehicle in response to a determination that the autonomous vehicle cannot progress safely on its route.
Claims19
A method for operating an autonomous vehicle, the method being implemented by one or more processors of the autonomous vehicle and comprising:
- performing, using the one or more processors of the autonomous vehicle, operations that include:
- determining a confidence level that is indicative of an ability of the autonomous vehicle to safely progress on a planned or current route to a destination;
- after determining the confidence level to be below a threshold value, identifying, from a surrounding environment, a second vehicle to guide the autonomous vehicle through at least a portion of the planned or current route;
- and
- controlling the autonomous vehicle to track the second vehicle while progressing through the portion of the planned or current route.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium of an autonomous vehicle that stores instructions that are executable to:
- cause one or more processors of the autonomous vehicle to perform operations that include:
- determining a confidence level that is indicative of an ability of the autonomous vehicle to safely progress on a planned or current route to a destination;
- after determining the confidence to be below a threshold value, identifying, from a surrounding environment, a second vehicle to guide the autonomous vehicle through at least a portion of the planned or current route;
- and
- controlling the autonomous vehicle to track the second vehicle while progressing through the portion of the planned or current route.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.