Manual control re-engagement in an autonomous vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12130622B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US18206414

    申请日:2023-06-06

    IPC分类号: G05D1/00 B60W50/00

    摘要: Vehicles may have the capability to navigate according to various levels of autonomous capabilities, the vehicle having a different set of autonomous competencies at each level. In certain situations, the vehicle may shift from one level of autonomous capability to another. The shift may require more or less driving responsibility from a human operator. Sensors inside the vehicle collect human operator parameters to determine an alertness level of the human operator. An alertness level is determined based on the human operator parameters and other data including historical data or human operator-specific data. Notifications are presented to the user based on the determined alertness level that are more or less intrusive based on the alertness level of the human operator and on the urgency of an impending change to autonomous capabilities. Notifications may be tailored to specific human operators based on human operator preference and historical performance.

    Generating trajectories for autonomous vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US12124263B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17573048

    申请日:2022-01-11

    申请人: Waymo LLC

    IPC分类号: G05D1/00 B60W50/00 G01C21/34

    摘要: Aspects of the disclosure provide for generation of trajectories for a vehicle driving in an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, a default number of trajectories to be generated may be identified. A set of maneuvering options may be selected from a set of predetermined maneuvering options based on the number of trajectories. The set of maneuvering options may be filtered based on the default number of trajectories. A set of trajectories may be generated based on the filtered set of maneuvering option such that each trajectory of the set corresponds to a different maneuvering behavior. A cost for each trajectory of the set of trajectories may be determined, and one of the trajectories of the set of trajectories may be selected based on the determined costs. The vehicle may be maneuvered in the autonomous driving mode according to the selected one of the trajectories.

    Vehicle systems and related methods of dynamic path construction

    公开(公告)号:US12122425B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17659916

    申请日:2022-04-20

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 B60W50/00

    摘要: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves identifying one or more avoidance zones in a vicinity of the vehicle, determining a deadline for completing a lateral maneuver to avoid a priority avoidance zone of the one or more avoidance zones, obtaining an initial reference lateral trajectory for the lateral maneuver based at least in part on the deadline, autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the initial reference lateral trajectory, and thereafter obtaining one or more updated reference lateral trajectories for the vehicle, wherein the one or more actuators onboard the vehicle are autonomously operated in accordance with the one or more updated reference lateral trajectories in lieu of the initial reference lateral trajectory.