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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventor:
Frank Kozak, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 30/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/3658 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing adaptive transitioning between operational modes of an autonomous vehicle. In one embodiment, the vehicle is a land-based passenger-carrying vehicle that travels on a road network and has an automatic mode in which one or more systems control travel of the vehicle on the road network. A system provides a modification of the operation of the vehicle to defer a transition time at which a transition occurs from the automatic mode to a manual mode to extend a period of time during which the vehicle is operated in the automatic mode beyond an earlier possible time at which the transition could occur.