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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sarah Koehler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carrie Bobier-Tiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew Brown, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/087 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 2510/20 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods of using a common control scheme to autonomously controlling a vehicle during semi-autonomous and fully autonomous driving modes are provided. In particular, embodiments of the presently disclosed technology incorporate reference tracking for driving input and vehicle state into this common control scheme. In some embodiments, this common control scheme may be implemented using Model Predictive Control (MPC).