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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Heishiro Toyoda, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Terumasa Endo, Miyoshi, JP;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to providing collaborative controls for a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving manual inputs and autonomous inputs for controlling the vehicle, determining a difference between the manual inputs and the autonomous inputs. The method includes blending the manual inputs and the autonomous inputs together into the collaborative controls as a function of at least the difference, and feedback parameters to control the vehicle to proceed along a route. The method includes generating feedback according to at least the difference to adapt how the vehicle is controlled.