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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Uatc, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Molly Castle Nix, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sean Chin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Dennis Zhao, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Eric J. Hanson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Scott C. Poeppel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Sean Hyde, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

UATC, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 50/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G05D 1/0202 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes providing a control of the autonomous vehicle to a user associated with a vehicle service. The method includes identifying one or more release signals indicative of one or more actions of the user. The method includes releasing the control of the autonomous vehicle from the user, based at least in part on the release signals.


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