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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2019
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, GB;
Fraser Jardine, Warwickshire, GB;
Daniel Woolliscroft, Warwickshire, GB;
Ruben Gomez Padin, Warwickshire, GB;
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a controller (). The controller () comprises input means () for receiving one or more state signals each indicative of one or more of a vehicle characteristic, a user characteristic and an environment characteristic. The controller () comprises output means () for outputting an availability signal indicative of an availability of an autonomous driving mode of a host vehicle. The controller () comprises control means () arranged to control the output means () to output the availability signal in dependence on the one or more state signals.