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Autonomous control based on occupant attention

A technology of autonomous control, controller, applied in the field of vehicles, which can solve the problem of difficult, difficult to clearly determine the safe operation of the vehicle computer and/or operator

Active Publication Date: 2021-12-07
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC
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[0005] In other cases, conditions can be in a "gray area" that makes it difficult to clearly determine whether the vehicle computer and / or operator can safely operate some or all vehicle components
Difficulty therefore arises in the vehicle's computer in deciding how to share responsibility for operating the vehicle with the vehicle's occupants

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[0055] figure 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary autonomous vehicle system 100 that includes a vehicle 101 provided with one or more sensor data collectors 110 that collect, for example, information related to the operation of the vehicle 101, the environment proximate to the vehicle 101, the vehicle 101 the collected data 115 related to the operator. Computing device 105 in vehicle 101 typically receives collected data 115 and also includes programming, for example, as a set of instructions stored in memory of computing device 105 and executable by a processor of computing device 105, whereby some or all Operations can be performed autonomously or semi-autonomously, ie without human control and / or limited human intervention.

[0056] Computing device 105 is programmed to identify allowable control states, ie, manual control and / or computer control of one or more vehicle components. Additionally, the computer 105 may be programmed to recognize one of...

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Signals representing aspects of the vehicle, the vehicle operator, and the environment surrounding the vehicle are received from a plurality of sources. An alertness factor and a readiness factor are generated based at least in part on the signal. Control of the vehicle is transitioned between autonomous control levels based at least in part on the alertness factor and the readiness factor.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of vehicle technology, and more particularly to autonomous control based on occupant attention. Background technique [0002] In recent years, we have seen the development of so-called autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles, i.e. passenger cars and the like, which include computers programmed to carry one or more of our vehicle operations. Such vehicles range from semi-autonomous vehicles with limited ability to control braking and steering (e.g., lane keeping technology currently exists) to fully autonomous vehicles, such as are now known, where the vehicle computer can make all Vehicle handling decisions, such as all decisions regarding propulsion, braking, and steering. [0003] Challenges arise in fully and semi-autonomous vehicles when a human operator requests control of one or more vehicle components. For example, in an autonomous vehicle, if the operator moves the steering, brake, or accelerator peda...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60W50/08B60W40/08
CPCB60W40/08B60W50/082G05D1/0248G05D1/0061B60W30/182B60W2540/22B60W2540/221B60W2540/045B60W40/09B60W40/12B60W50/085B60W50/087B60W2050/0071B60W2050/0075B60W2040/0818B60W2556/45B60W60/0059B60W2540/223B60W2540/229B60W2540/21B60W2420/403B60W2420/408B60W10/04B60W10/18B60W10/20
Inventor 威廉·保罗·珀金斯大卫·B·凯利肯尼斯·詹姆斯·米勒
Owner FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC