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US 9,956,964 B2Granted
Device for estimating the operating time of a motor vehicle in autonomous mode and associated method
AssigneeRENAULT s.a.s.
InventorsFrancois Desnoyer, Sabine Langlois, Jean-Francois Forzy
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Abstract
A method and device for estimating the operating time of a motor vehicle in autonomous mode for at least one route between a departure point and an arrival point. The estimating device is connected to an identifying element and to an element for characterizing portions of roads approved for the operation of the vehicle in autonomous mode, along the at least one route. The estimating device includes a unit for calculating the time during which the vehicle is eligible to operate in autonomous mode depending on the characterization of approved portions of road.
Claims10
A server comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- determine at least one route between a departure point and an arrival point entered by a driver at a user interface of a vehicle,
- receive data from an identifying element connected to the server, the data corresponding to recognized approved one or more portions of a road or roads where the vehicle is able to travel in an autonomous driving mode for the determined at least one route,
- receive data from a characterizing element connected to the server, the data corresponding to characterizations of the one or more portions of the road or roads approved for operation of the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode, along said determined at least one route,
- determine an amount of time during which the vehicle is eligible to operate in the autonomous driving mode based on the characterization of the approved one or more portions of the road or roads approved for operation of the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode, along said determined at least one route, and
- output, from the server, data for display at the vehicle of the determined amount of time during which the vehicle is eligible to operate in the autonomous driving mode for said determined at least one route.
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A method comprising:
- determining at least one route between a departure point and an arrival point entered by a driver at a user interface of a vehicle;
- identifying one or more portions of road approved for operation of the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode, along said determined at least one route;
- characterizing the approved one or more portions of road;
- estimating an amount of time during which the vehicle is eligible to travel in the autonomous driving mode based on the characterization of the approved one or more portions of road approved for operation of the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode, along said determined at least one route;
- and
- outputting data for display at the vehicle of the estimated amount of time during which the vehicle is eligible to operate in the autonomous driving mode for said determined at least one route.
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A method comprising:
- acquiring a departure point and an arrival point entered by a driver at a user interface of a vehicle;
- determining at least one route between the entered departure point and the entered arrival point;
- identifying one or more portions of road approved for operation of the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode, along said determined at least one route;
- characterizing the approved one or more portions of road;
- estimating an amount of time during which the vehicle is eligible to travel in the autonomous driving mode based on the characterization of the approved one or more portions of road approved for operation of the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode, along said determined at least one route;
- and
- outputting data for display at the vehicle of the estimated amount of time during which the vehicle is eligible to operate in the autonomous driving mode for said determined at least one route.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.