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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:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Slingshot Iot Llc, Baltimore, MD (US);

Inventors:

Michael S. Gordon, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, CT (US);

Ashish Kundu, New York, NY (US);

Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);

Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Assignee:

Slingshot IOT LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/12 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01); B62D 1/28 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/12 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0809 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0095 (2013.01); B60W 2510/30 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02); B62D 1/286 (2013.01); B62D 6/007 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control processor competence level of an on-board SDV control processor in controlling the SDV to a human driver competence level of a human driver in controlling the SDV while the SDV encounters a current roadway condition which is a result of current weather conditions of the roadway on which the SDV is currently traveling. One or more processors then selectively assign control of the SDV to the SDV control processor or to the human driver while the SDV encounters the current roadway condition based on which of the control processor competence level and the human driver competence level is relatively higher to one another.


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