Autonomous feature optimization for a connected vehicle based on a navigation route

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10816356-B2
Application number	US-201916252655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2019
Priority date	Nov 30, 2017
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

The disclosure includes embodiments for autonomous feature optimization. In some embodiments, a method includes generating one or more candidate navigation routes for a driver of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the method includes determining a set of autonomous features to be provided by the vehicle for each of the one or more candidate navigation routes. In some embodiments, the method includes determining that the set of autonomous features includes an unsafe autonomous feature that is not safe to use during any part between the start point and the end point of the one or more candidate navigation routes. In some embodiments, the method includes displaying a user interface that includes the one or more candidate navigation routes and corresponding autonomous features that are available for each of the one or more candidate navigation routes, wherein the user interface excludes the unsafe autonomous feature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method to disengage an autonomous feature that is unsafe for a route of travel of a vehicle, the method comprising:
generating, by one or more processors, one or more candidate navigation routes for a driver of a vehicle;
determining, by the one or more processors, a set of autonomous features to be provided by the vehicle for each of the one or more candidate navigation routes;
determining, by the one or more processors, that the set of autonomous features includes an unsafe autonomous feature that is not safe to use during any part of the one or more candidate navigation routes;
excluding, by the one or more processors, the unsafe autonomous feature from the set of autonomous features; and
providing a user interface that includes the one or more candidate navigation routes and corresponding autonomous features from the set of autonomous features that are available for the one or more candidate navigation routes.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the set of autonomous features includes the unsafe autonomous feature further comprises:
identifying real-time data for conditions that occur along each of the one or more candidate navigation routes; and
determining that the unsafe autonomous feature is unsafe for the one or more candidate navigation routes based on the real-time data.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the one or more candidate navigation routes include a first candidate navigation route and a second candidate navigation route;
determining that the unsafe autonomous feature is unsafe for the second candidate navigation route based on the real-time data for the second candidate navigation route; and
the user interface includes (1) the first candidate navigation route associated with the set of autonomous features and (2) the second candidate navigation route associated with a subset of the set of autonomous features that excludes the unsafe autonomous feature.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a selected route that is selected from one or more candidate navigation routes; and
during a journey that corresponds to the selected route:
engaging the corresponding autonomous features that are safe to use during the journey; and
generating an observational log that includes information about one or more of the selected route, a make and model of the vehicle, an enabled autonomous feature, an irregularity of the selected route, and sensor data captured during the journey.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user interface includes an option for disengaging each autonomous feature in the set of autonomous features that are associated with the selected route.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
generating an improvement for an autonomous feature in the set of autonomous features based on the observational log.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
identifying a need for a software patch for an autonomous feature in the set of autonomous features based on the observational log.

8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
determining that the driver consistently disengages an autonomous feature in the set of autonomous features based on the observational log; and
determining that the autonomous feature should be discontinued based on lack of driver interest.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the set of autonomous features includes a new autonomous feature, the new autonomous feature is determined to be safe based on real-world data indicating optimal travel conditions, and the observational log includes details about real-world testing of the new autonomous feature.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface includes (1) a map and an estimated travel time for each of the one or more candidate navigation routes and (2) a reason why the unsafe autonomous feature was excluded.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a highly autonomous vehicle.

12. A system to disengage an autonomous feature that is unsafe for a route of travel of a vehicle, the system comprising:
an onboard vehicle computer system of a vehicle that includes a non-transitory memory storing computer code which, when executed by the onboard vehicle computer system causes the onboard vehicle computer system to:
generate one or more candidate navigation routes for a driver of the vehicle;
determine a set of autonomous features to be provided by the vehicle for each of the one or more candidate navigation routes;
determine that the set of autonomous features includes an unsafe autonomous feature that is not safe to use during any part of the one or more candidate navigation routes;
exclude the unsafe autonomous feature from the set of autonomous features; and
display a user interface that includes the one or more candidate navigation routes and corresponding autonomous features from the set of autonomous features that are available for the one or more candidate navigation routes.

13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising an autonomous features server that generates autonomous features data describing the set of autonomous features, wherein the onboard vehicle computer system determines that the set of autonomous features includes the unsafe autonomous feature based on the autonomous features data.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein:
generating the autonomous features data comprises identifying real-time data for conditions that occur along each of the one or more candidate navigation routes and generating the autonomous features data based on the real-time data.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein:
the one or more candidate navigation routes include a first candidate navigation route and a second candidate navigation route;
determining that the unsafe autonomous feature is unsafe for the second candidate navigation route is based on the real-time data for the second candidate navigation route; and
the user interface includes (1) the first candidate navigation route associated with the set of autonomous features and (2) the second candidate navigation route associated with a subset of the set of autonomous features that excludes the unsafe autonomous feature.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the computer code further causes the onboard vehicle computer system to:
receive a selected route that is selected from one or more candidate navigation routes; and
during a journey that corresponds to the selected route:
engage the corresponding autonomous features that are safe to use during the journey; and
generate an observational log that includes information about one or more of the selected route, a make and model of the vehicle, an enabled autonomous feature, an irregularity of the selected route, and sensor data captured during the journey.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable media encoded with a computer program for disengaging an autonomous feature that is unsafe for a route of travel of a vehicle, the computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
generating one or more candidate navigation routes for a driver of a vehicle;
determining a set of autonomous features to be provided by the vehicle for each of the one or more candidate navigation routes;
determining that the set of autonomous features includes an unsafe autonomous feature that is not safe to use during any part;
exclude the unsafe autonomous feature from the set of autonomous features; and
displaying a user interface that includes the one or more

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shum Jonathan
• Kim Baekgyu
• Shiraishi Shinichi

Classifications

• G07C5/0841 Primary

  Registering performance data (recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B) · CPC title

• G01C21/3676

  Overview of the route on the road map · CPC title

• G01C21/3694

  Output thereof on a road map · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G06F8/65

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title