Control of an autonomous vehicle

A method of controlling a primary vehicle (18) comprising an automated driving system (20) for driving the primary vehicle autonomously when the primary vehicle is in an autonomous mode, the primary vehicle also being operable manually by a driver when in a manual mode, the method comprising: determ...

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1. Verfasser:	Mizutani, Tom
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of controlling a primary vehicle (18) comprising an automated driving system (20) for driving the primary vehicle autonomously when the primary vehicle is in an autonomous mode, the primary vehicle also being operable manually by a driver when in a manual mode, the method comprising: determining failure of the driver to accept a request to switch the primary vehicle to the manual mode when the vehicle is in the autonomous mode; determining a primary vehicle driving state; acquiring vehicle data for one or more surrounding secondary vehicles (22); determining a contingency action to take with the primary vehicle based on the primary vehicle driving state and the vehicle data for the or each secondary vehicle; and outputting the contingency action to at least one system of the primary vehicle to drive the primary vehicle autonomously in accordance with the determined contingency action.