Tele-operation of autonomous cars to negotiate problem situations

US11307597B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US
• United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA · US

Inventors

• Liam Pedersen · San Francisco, US
• Maarten Sierhuis · San Francisco, US
• Hans Utz · Decatur, US
• Mauro Della Penna · San Francisco, US
• Terrence Fong · Sunnyvale, US
• Mark Allan · Campbell, US
• Maria Bualat · San Jose, US
• Eric Schafer · Poway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/40
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods and systems for providing remote support and negotiating problem situations of autonomous operation of vehicles based on signal states and vehicle information are described. A system comprises a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to: assign vehicles to support queues based on state data, generate a map display including locations of the vehicles, and generate a state display including the support queues, vehicle manager indicators corresponding to the support queues and state indicators corresponding to the state data.