Remote system for an autonomous vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11378950-B2
Application number	US-201716465411-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2017
Priority date	Dec 22, 2016
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A remote system for an autonomous vehicle, includes a receiver, a controller, and a display device. The receiver is configured to receive road information. The controller is programmed to receive input related to the road information and create a supervision zone when the road information impacts road drivability. The display device is disposed at a control center area and configured to display a visual indication on a map of the supervision zone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A remote system for an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
a non-moveable receiver disposed in a remote location relative to the autonomous vehicle and configured to receive road information;
a controller programmed to receive the road information from the non-moveable receiver and create a supervision zone when the road information impacts road drivability, receive information from an input to generate a route to avoid the supervision zone, and determine whether the supervision zone has been removed;
a transmitter configured to transmit data to the autonomous vehicle;
a display device disposed at a predetermined control center area remote from the supervision zone and configured to display a visual indication on a map of the supervision zone; and
when the controller has determined that the route has been generated to resolve the supervision zone, the controller is configured to combine the road information and the information from the input to automatically update the display indicating the route to avoid the supervision zone and configured to cause a first set of data of the data to be automatically transmitted, via the transmitter, to update the autonomous vehicle of the route to avoid the supervision zone, when the controller has determined that the supervision has been removed, the controller is configured to update the display indicating the removal of the supervision zone and configured to cause a second set of data of the data to be automatically transmitted, via the transmitter, to automatically update the autonomous vehicle, via the transmitter of the removal of the supervision zone.

2. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein
the controller is programmed to determine whether the road information impacts road drivability.

3. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein
the input is received by the controller from a user input.

4. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein
the controller is programmed to remove the visual indication of the supervision zone after a predetermined amount of time.

5. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein
the input is disposed at the predetermined control center area remote from the supervision zone.

6. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein
the receiver is configured to receive a signal from an emergency vehicle, and the controller is programmed to determine that the signal is road information that impacts road drivability.

7. The remote system of claim 1 , further comprising
a storage device configured to store the route to avoid the supervision zone.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein
the receiver is configured to receive vehicle information, and
the controller is programmed to determine that the vehicle information is road information that impacts road drivability.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein
the receiver is configured to receive an image transmitted by a vehicle camera, and the display device is configured to display the image.

Assignees

• Nissan North America Inc
• Us Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration
• Us Admininstrator Of The Nationa Aeronautics And Space

Inventors

• Pedersen Liam
• Thakur Siddharth
• Guerin Armelle
• Mortazavi Ali
• Kobashi Atsuhide
• Della Penna Mauro
• Enlow Richard
• Angquist Andrea
• Salloum Richard
• Wu Stephen
• Christel Ben
• Hogan Shane
• Deniston John
• Hamon Jen
• Jalukar Sannidhi
• Sierhuis Maarten
• Schafer Eric
• Lees David
• Wheeler Dawn
• Allan Mark

Classifications

• G08G1/096844

  where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data · CPC title

• G08G1/164

  Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles · CPC title

• G08G1/096822

  where the segments of the route are transmitted to the vehicle at different locations and times · CPC title

• G08G1/0112

  from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD] · CPC title

• G08G1/20 Primary

  Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles · CPC title