Autonomous vehicle modes
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsChristopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, John P. Joyce, Devinder Singh Kochhar, Douglas Scott Rhode, John Shutko, Louis Tijerina, Eric Hongtei Tseng, Wilford Trent Yopp
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Abstract
A vehicle operator is identified. Based at least in part on the operator's identity, one or more parameters are determined specifying a mode for autonomously operating the vehicle. The vehicle is autonomously operated at least in part according to the one or more parameters.
Claims17
A system, comprising a computer in a vehicle, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the computer is programmed to:
- identify an operator of the vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the operator's identity, a plurality of parameters, wherein each parameter provides a rule for a respective vehicle operation that includes at least one of controlling vehicle speed and controlling vehicle steering;
- use the parameters to select one of at least three possible modes of autonomously operating the vehicle;
- and
- autonomously operate the vehicle by controlling each of vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, vehicle deceleration, vehicle braking, at least one of a vehicle distance and a vehicle time to other vehicles, vehicle steering, and also one or more of lane change minimum gap between vehicles, left turn across path minimum, time to arrival at intersection, and turn clearance, the autonomous operation being performed at least in part according to the selected mode, wherein the selected mode sets a value for each of the parameters.
A method, comprising:
- identifying an operator of the vehicle;
- determining, based at least in part on the operator's identity, a plurality of parameters, wherein each parameter provides a rule for a respective vehicle operation that includes at least one of controlling vehicle speed and controlling vehicle steering;
- using the parameters to select one of at least three possible modes of autonomously operating the vehicle;
- and
- autonomously operating the vehicle by controlling each of vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, vehicle deceleration, vehicle braking, at least one of a vehicle distance and a vehicle time to other vehicles, vehicle steering, and also one or more of lane change minimum gap between vehicles, left turn across path minimum, time to arrival at intersection, and turn clearance, the autonomous operation being performed at least in part according to the selected mode, wherein the selected mode sets a value for each of the parameters.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, the instructions including instructions to:
- identify an operator of the vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the operator's identity, a plurality of parameters, wherein each parameter provides a rule for a respective vehicle operation that includes at least one of controlling vehicle speed and controlling vehicle steering;
- use the parameters to select one of at least three possible modes of autonomously operating the vehicle;
- and
- autonomously operate the vehicle by controlling each of vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, vehicle deceleration, vehicle braking, at least one of a vehicle distance and a vehicle time to other vehicles, vehicle steering, and also one or more of lane change minimum gap between vehicles, left turn across path minimum, time to arrival at intersection, and turn clearance, the autonomous operation being performed at least in part according to the selected mode, wherein the selected mode sets a value for each of the parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.