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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2019
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Renault S.a.s., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Liam Pedersen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ali Mortazavi, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Stefan Witwicki, San Carlos, CA (US);
Christopher Ostafew, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Renault S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Exception handing, such as of obstruction situations, by an autonomous vehicle (AV) is disclosed. A method includes identifying an exception situation; identifying a risk associated with autonomously resolving the exception situation; and in response to the risk exceeding a risk threshold, initiating a request for assistance from a tele-operator, and halting for the tele-operator to respond to the request; and receiving a response from the tele-operator.