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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Philip Nemec, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith Hutchings, San Jose, CA (US);
Julien Mercay, Redwood City, CA (US);
Annissa Al-Alusi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Saswat Panigrahi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cristi Landy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew Schwall, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining when to provide and providing secondary disengage alerts for a vehicle having autonomous and manual driving modes. For instance, while the vehicle is being controlled in the autonomous driving mode, receiving user input at one or more using input devices of the vehicle. In response to receiving the user input, the vehicle may be transitioned from the autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode and provide a primary disengage alert to an occupant of the vehicle regarding the transition. Whether to provide a secondary disengage alert may be determined based on at least circumstances of the user input. After the transition, the secondary disengage alert may be provided based on the determination.