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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
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);
John P. Joyce, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Devinder Singh Kochhar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas 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 is collected during operation of a vehicle. A determination is made that a confidence assessment of at least one of the data indicates at least one fault condition. A first autonomous operation affected by the fault condition is discontinued, where a second autonomous operation that is unaffected by the fault condition is continued.