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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2019
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
John Anthony Dougherty, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Jordan Scott Burklund, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Kristen Wagner Cerase, Newark, DE (US);
Stephen Marc Chaves, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Ross Eric Kessler, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Paul Daniel Martin, Devon, PA (US);
Daniel Warren Mellinger, III, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael Joshua Shomin, Philadelphia, PA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, devices and systems enable controlling an autonomous vehicle by identifying vehicles that are within a threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle, determining an autonomous capability metric of each of the identified vehicles, and adjusting a driving parameter of the autonomous vehicle based on the determined autonomous capability metric of each of the identified vehicles. Adjusting a driving parameter may include adjusting one or more of a minimum separation distance, a minimum following distance, a speed parameter, or an acceleration rate parameter.