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Automatic driving route planning application

US10451428B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by

4References

18Claims

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Assignees

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE
AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

William Brian Lathrop · San Jose, US
Peter Oel · Redwood City, US
Daniel Lipinski · Waukesha, US
Erik Robert Glaser · San Francisco, US
James Toggweiler · San Francisco, US
Nathaniel Coser · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 3, 2014
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C21/34
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and system is provided for a semi-autonomous vehicle to have optional routes that vary in an amount of autonomous driving offered. The system performs processes including aggregating data from various sources to thereby position and orient the vehicle, assigning an autonomous driving value to different route segments, determining an optimal route by minimizing a distance between a start position and a destination position and maximizing the percent autonomous value assigned, and displaying the optimal route.

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