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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2016
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
William Brian Lathrop, San Jose, CA (US);
Nathaniel Paffett-Lugassy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Volkswagen AG et al., Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A system of a semi-autonomous driving vehicle for transitioning from a semi- autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode. A navigation system to determine a route to a destination. A vehicle head unit to receive data that comprises information related to a geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited along the determined route to the destination. A processor to process the received data to determine if the semi-autonomous driving vehicle in autonomous mode is approaching a geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited. The semi-autonomous driving vehicle issues a notification to the driver of the semi-autonomous driving vehicle requesting the driver to manually drive the semi-autonomous driving vehicle in response to a determination that the semi-autonomous driving vehicle is approaching the geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited.