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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Attard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shane Elwart, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jeff Allen Greenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Devinder Singh Kochhar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Doug Scott Rhode, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Shutko, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hongtei Eric Tseng, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Data may be collected relating to autonomous operation of a vehicle. A first confidence assessment concerning whether the vehicle should operate autonomously may then be generated, and it may be determined whether the first confidence assessment meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold. An alert may be provided via a user interface in the vehicle relating to ending autonomous operation of the vehicle if the first confidence assessment meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold.