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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2023
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shashank Kumar Mehrotra, Campbell, CA (US);
Zahra Zahedi, Tempe, AZ (US);
Teruhisa Misu, San Jose, CA (US);
Kumar Akash, San Jose, CA (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automated vehicle (AV) is configured to perform automated travel, and includes vehicle sensors configured to detect a second vehicle in a surrounding environment of the AV. The AV includes at least one of a brake mechanism, an accelerator mechanism, a steering control, and a user interface configured to generate a user response to automated travel by the AV. The AV includes a computing device configured to identify an interaction between the AV and the second vehicle while executing an automated travel path, and receive user responses to automated travel by the AV. The computing device is configured to determine at least one aspect of wellbeing, trust, and satisfaction of the user riding the AV based on the user responses, and determine a learned optimal policy which increases the at least one aspect of wellbeing, trust, and satisfaction based on the user responses.