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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Jackson, Newton, MA (US);
Jonathan Decastro, Arlington, MA (US);
Soon Ho Kong, Arlington, MA (US);
Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, San Mateo, CA (US);
Dimitrios Koutentakis, Cambridge, MA (US);
Feng Ping Angela Leong, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mike Meichang Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xin Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for certified control of a self-driving ego vehicle is described. The method includes analyzing a safety situation of the self-driving ego vehicle to determine a proposed vehicle control action using a main controller of the self-driving ego vehicle. The method also includes presenting, by the main controller, the proposed vehicle control action to an interlock controller, including a certificate of the proposed vehicle control action. The method further includes checking a safety certification evidence from the certificate by the interlock controller using a predefined safety argument to verify the safety certification evidence of the certificate. The method also includes directing, by a low-level controller, the self-driving ego vehicle to perform a certified vehicle control action.