Autonomous vehicle guidance authority framework
US11726473B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 8, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D2109/10
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vehicle may include an authority tracker to grant and/or limit authority to provide guidance to the vehicle. The authority tracker may store a state in a memory identifying an actor that currently has the authority. An actor requesting to have authority to provide guidance to the vehicle may transmit a control message to the authority tracker which may, in turn, authorize or deny the request based on a policy. The authority tracker may periodically, and/or in response to a request, broadcast a state message identifying the actor that currently has authority, as recorded in the memory.
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