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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2021
Clearpath Robotics Inc., Kitchener, CA;
Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Kitchener, CA;
Yvan Geoffrey Rodrigues, Kitchener, CA;
Matthew Lord, Kitchener, CA;
Ivor Wanders, Kitchener, CA;
Jason Mercer, Kitchener, CA;
James Servos, Kitchener, CA;
Roydyn Clayton, Kitchener, CA;
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
The various embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods for operating one or more self-driving vehicles. In some embodiments, the self-driving vehicles may include a vehicle processor being operable to: control the vehicle to navigate an operating environment in an initial vehicle navigation mode; monitor for one or more trigger conditions indicating a possible change for the vehicle navigation mode; detect a trigger condition; determine a prospective vehicle navigation mode associated with the detected trigger condition; determine whether to change from the initial vehicle navigation mode to the prospective vehicle navigation mode; and in response to determining to change from the initial vehicle navigation mode to the prospective vehicle navigation mode, adjust one or more vehicle attributes corresponding to the prospective vehicle navigation mode, otherwise continue to operate the vehicle in the initial vehicle navigation mode.