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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
William Brian Lathrop, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Glaser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathaniel Coser, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bryan Grant, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Toggweiler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2012.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0095 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle which includes obtaining, via at least one detecting device, behavior information of a driver in the vehicle, and transitioning control statuses of the vehicle according to the driver behavior information.