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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:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Sameer M. Bhalla, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nicholas C. Fishwick, San Francisco, CA (US);

Julia A. Wolinsky, San Francisco, CA (US);

Yun Z. Wu, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a system comprising at least one processor and a non-transitory processor-readable memory device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations including to obtain sensor data of a vehicle operating in an autonomous mode, determine a confidence level for continued operation of the vehicle in the autonomous mode based on the obtained sensor data, and selectively trigger a handoff protocol based on the confidence level determined. Movement of the vehicle is autonomously controlled in the autonomous mode. The handoff protocol comprises providing information to at least one input/output (I/O) device inside the vehicle as an alert of an upcoming transition from operating the vehicle in the autonomous mode to a manual mode.


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