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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Letwin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Morgan Jones, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael Sergi-Curfman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/08 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/082 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 2510/18 (2013.01); B60W 2510/20 (2013.01); B60W 2540/04 (2013.01); B60W 2600/00 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous-capable vehicle which can be operated in a transitional state from manual vehicle operation to autonomous vehicle operation. In the transitional state, the vehicle operates autonomously and overrides manual interaction of the user. To maintain the transitional state, the driver performs a continuous action, such as providing a continuous interaction with a switching mechanism.