Autonomous vehicle modes

US9517771B2 · 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
• Louis Tijerina · Dearborn, US
• Eric Hongtei Tseng · Canton, US
• Wilford Trent Yopp · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/45
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle operator is identified. Based at least in part on the operator's identity, one or more parameters are determined specifying a mode for autonomously operating the vehicle. The vehicle is autonomously operated at least in part according to the one or more parameters.