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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
G. Edzko Smid, Oxford, MI (US);
John Fiaschetti, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ronald R. Renaud, Oxford, MI (US);
Alan Cordeiro, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle driving system includes a control that autonomously controls the vehicle. The control, upon receipt of a destination geographical location, controls the vehicle to travel to the destination geographical location, and wirelessly receives data pertaining to driving conditions relevant to the route being traveled by the vehicle. Responsive to the received driving conditions data, the control determines a geographic location ahead of the vehicle along the route where driving of the vehicle by an occupant of the vehicle is desired. When the vehicle is traveling along the route and toward the determined geographic location and is within a threshold time and/or distance to the determined geographic location, the control informs the occupant of distance to and/or time of travel to the determined geographic location so the occupant is prepared to take over control of the vehicle and drive the vehicle upon the vehicle reaching the determined geographic location.