System and method for human operator intervention in autonomous vehicle operations

US9910432B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Zipline International Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andrew Chambers · San Francisco, US
• Keenan Wyrobek · Rue de l'Église, US
• Keller Rinaudo · Menlo Park, US
• Ryan Oksenhorn · Pacifica, US
• William Hetzler · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D2109/22
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle system is configured to receive vehicle commands from one or more parties and to execute those vehicle commands in a way that prevents the execution of stale commands. The autonomous vehicle system includes a finite state machine and a command counter or stored vehicle timestamp, which are used to help reject invalid or stale vehicle commands.