Autonomous mode vehicle control system and vehicle comprising such a control system
US9399472B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2050/0006
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle control system including human-control members generating signals for manual piloting of actuators of the vehicle, an automatic control module generating signals for automatic piloting of the actuators of the vehicle, and a switching module to select the manual-piloting signals in a manual mode of operation and the autonomous-piloting signals in an autonomous mode of operation. The automatic control module includes a block for automatic formulation of at least one calculated autonomous piloting signal and a security block to transmit to the switching module a calculated autonomous piloting signal in a case of normal autonomous operation and an emergency autonomous piloting signal in a case of abnormal autonomous operation.
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