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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Levandowski, Berkeley, CA (US);
Don Burnette, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60W 30/16 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an autonomous vehicle can involve monitoring a throttle position of a throttle pedal on the semi-autonomous vehicle. Once the throttle pedal is found to no longer be depressed, the vehicle can be returned to human control.