| US 11,809,184 B1 | ||
| Autonomous vehicle mode during unsafe driving conditions | ||
| Sean Carl Mitchem, San Antonio, TX (US); Gregory Brian Meyer, San Antonio, TX (US); Will Kerns Maney, Jr, San Antonio, TX (US); Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US); Deborah Schulz, San Antonio, TX (US); Brian J. Osterkamp, New Braunfels, TX (US); and Timothy Blair Chalmers, San Antonio, TX (US) | ||
| Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US) | ||
| Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 28, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/367,407. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 62/785,439, filed on Dec. 27, 2018. | ||
| Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01) | ||
| CPC G05D 1/0061 (2013.01) [B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
|
1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
an autonomous driving mode, a remote piloting mode, and a manual driving mode; an onboard computing system comprising:
an autonomous driving system for operating the motor vehicle in the autonomous driving mode;
a driver monitoring system, the driver monitoring system configured to detect an unsafe driving condition;
wherein, when the unsafe driving condition is detected, the onboard computing system of the motor vehicle switches from the manual driving mode to one of the remote piloting mode or the autonomous driving mode;
wherein, upon detecting the unsafe driving condition and switching to the autonomous driving mode, the onboard computing system of the motor vehicle is configured to:
determine an autonomy level for the autonomous driving mode of the motor vehicle, wherein the determined autonomy level is one of level 1 autonomy, level 2 autonomy, level 3 autonomy, level 4 autonomy, or level 5 autonomy;
based on the determined autonomy level, select a safety driving action to mitigate the unsafe driving condition; and
implement the safety driving action in the autonomous driving mode according to the determined autonomy level, wherein:
upon determining that the autonomy level of the autonomous driving mode of the motor vehicle is level 1 autonomy, the safety driving action includes decelerating the motor vehicle and coming to a stop;
upon determining that the autonomy level of the autonomous driving mode of the motor vehicle is level 2 autonomy, the safety driving action includes pulling the motor vehicle over on the side of a road;
upon determining that the autonomy level of the autonomous driving mode of the motor vehicle is level 3 autonomy, the safety driving action includes pulling the motor vehicle over at a safe destination;
upon determining that the autonomy level of the autonomous driving mode of the motor vehicle is level 4 autonomy, the safety driving action includes continuing the motor vehicle on a current route to a predetermined destination within a particular operational design domain; and
upon determining that the autonomy level of the autonomous driving mode of the motor vehicle is level 5 autonomy, the safety driving action includes continuing the motor vehicle on the current route to the predetermined destination under any driving scenario or operational design domain;
wherein the unsafe driving condition is a health event associated with a driver of the motor vehicle;
wherein, in response to the health event associated with the driver of the motor vehicle, the onboard computing system of the motor vehicle is further configured to:
access health insurance information associated with the driver;
determine one or more emergency services providers that accept the health insurance of the driver;
select a nearest emergency services provider to a current location of the motor vehicle from the one or more emergency services providers that accept the health insurance of the driver; and
automatically set a route to said selected nearest emergency services provider that accepts the health insurance of the driver as the predetermined destination, and wherein the safety driving action includes continuing the motor vehicle on the current route to said selected nearest emergency services provider that accepts the health insurance of the driver; and
wherein, upon detecting the unsafe driving condition and switching to the remote piloting mode, the onboard computing system of the motor vehicle is configured to receive driving commands from a remote operator to guide the motor vehicle to a location.
|