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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2018
Systems and methods for switching between a driver mode and an autonomous driving mode for a vehicle
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Stephen McGill, Broomall, PA (US);
Luke Fletcher, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kazunori Nimura, Novi, MI (US);
John Leonard, Newton, MA (US);
Gill Pratt, Los Altos, CA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle system for operating a vehicle is provided. The vehicle system includes a first output device configured to output a first output, and a second output device configured to output a second output. The vehicle system operates the vehicle based on the first output from the first output device while obtaining vehicle environment information, determines whether an autonomous take-over event occurs based on the vehicle environment information, operates the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode in response to determining that the autonomous takeover event occurred, determines whether the vehicle system receives a take-over signal from the second output device, and operates the vehicle based on the second output from the second output device in response to determining that the vehicle system received the take-over signal from the second output device.