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Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2019
Applicants:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

Renault S.a.s., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Inventors:

Liam Pedersen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ali Mortazavi, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Stefan Witwicki, San Carlos, CA (US);

Christopher Ostafew, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignees:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

Renault S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
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.


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