Fault handling in an autonomous vehicle

US9406177B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Christopher Attard · Ann Arbor, US
• Shane Elwart · Ypsilanti, US
• Jeff Allen Greenberg · Ann Arbor, US
• Rajit Johri · Ann Arbor, US
• John P. Joyce · Beverly Hills, US
• Devinder Singh Kochhar · Ann Arbor, US
• Douglas Scott Rhode · Farmington Hills, US
• John Shutko · Ann Arbor, US
• Hongtei Eric Tseng · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C5/0808
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Data is collected during operation of a vehicle. A determination is made that a confidence assessment of at least one of the data indicates at least one fault condition. A first autonomous operation affected by the fault condition is discontinued, where a second autonomous operation that is unaffected by the fault condition is continued.