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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
Omnitracs, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Wesley M. Mays, Coppell, TX (US);
OMNITRACS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to autonomous commercial vehicles. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for controlling a commercial highway vehicle. The method includes detecting a failure of a first component based on a first signal from a first sensor. The method also includes classifying, by an automated driving system on the vehicle, a severity of the component failure. The method further includes determining to stop the vehicle if the severity exceeds a threshold severity level. The method also includes determining an emergency stopping distance based on the severity and a current momentum of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a stopping location within the emergency stopping distance. The method also includes stopping the vehicle at the stopping location. The present disclosure also provides an autonomous commercial vehicle and an emergency control system for performing the method.