Managing self-driving behavior of autonomous or semiautonomous vehicle based upon actual driving behavior of driver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12269485-B2
Application number	US-202318131776-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2023
Priority date	Apr 24, 2015
Publication date	Apr 8, 2025
Grant date	Apr 8, 2025

Abstract

A system and method for measuring a driver's actual driving behaviors (e.g., acceleration, deceleration) in a manual driving mode to determine their preferred driving style, and then causing an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to operate itself, within limits, in accordance with the drivers' driving style when operating in a self-driving mode, thereby providing a more familiar and comfortable driving experience for the driver. Data is collected on the actual driving behavior, any pre-existing data is accessed on the actual driving behavior, and the collected data and the pre-existing data are combined. A custom control is then created based upon the combined data, and the custom control is applied to manage the self-driving behavior of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle in a self-driving mode. Additional data continues to be collected on the actual driving behavior, and the custom control is adjusted based upon the collected additional data.

First claim

We claim:

1. A computer-implemented method for managing self-driving behavior of a self-driving vehicle, the method implemented using a computer system including one or more processors in communication with one or more memory devices, the method comprising:
receiving, by the one or more processors, manual mode driving data regarding an actual driving behavior of a first driver in a manual driving mode;
receiving, by the one or more processors, safe operating range data, wherein the safe operating range data includes data regarding actual driving behavior of one or more drivers different than the first driver;
creating, by the one or more processors, a custom control defining a vehicle behavior threshold based upon the manual mode driving data, including limiting the vehicle behavior threshold based upon the safe operating range data; and
controlling the self-driving behavior of the self-driving vehicle using the custom control.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
receiving the manual mode driving data includes receiving data regarding the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with a particular location;
receiving the safe operating range data includes receiving data associated with the particular location; and
creating the custom control includes creating a custom control for the particular location based upon the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with the particular location and the safe operating range data associated with the particular location.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the safe operating range data associated with the particular location includes data regarding actual driving behavior of one or more drivers different than the first driver and associated with the particular location.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
receiving the manual mode driving data includes receiving data regarding the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with a particular time;
receiving the safe operating range data includes receiving data associated with the particular time; and
creating the custom control includes creating a custom control for the particular time based upon the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with the particular time and the safe operating range data associated with the particular time.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the safe operating range data associated with the particular time includes data regarding actual driving behavior of one or more drivers different than the first driver and associated with the particular time.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein:
receiving the manual mode driving data includes receiving data regarding the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with a particular location;
receiving the safe operating range data includes receiving data associated with the particular location; and
creating the custom control includes creating a custom control for the particular location based upon the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with the particular location and the safe operating range data associated with the particular location.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising controlling the self-driving behavior of the self-driving vehicle in the self-driving mode, using the custom control, while the first driver is an occupant of the self-driving vehicle.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the manual mode driving data comprises telematics data regarding the actual driving behavior of the first driver.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting an insurance rate based upon the custom control.

10. A computer system for managing self-driving behavior of a self-driving vehicle, the computer system comprising one or more processors in communication with one or more memory devices, wherein the computer system is configured to:
receive manual mode driving data regarding an actual driving behavior of a first driver in a manual driving mode;
receive safe operating range data, wherein the safe operating range data includes data regarding actual driving behavior of one or more drivers different than the first driver;
create a custom control defining a vehicle behavior threshold based upon the manual mode driving data, including limiting the vehicle behavior threshold based upon the safe operating range data; and
control self-driving behavior of a self-driving vehicle based upon the custom control.

11. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the computer system is configured to:
receive the manual mode driving data including data regarding the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with a particular location;
receive the safe operating range data including data associated with the particular location; and
create the custom control including a custom control for the particular location based upon the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with the particular
location and the safe operating range data associated with the particular location.

12. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the safe operating range data associated with the particular location includes data regarding actual driving behavior of one or more drivers different than the first driver and associated with the particular location.

13. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the computer system is configured to:
receive the manual mode driving data including data regarding the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with a particular time;
receive the safe operating range data including data associated with the particular time; and
create the custom control including a custom control for the particular time based upon the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with the particular time and the safe operating range data associated with the particular time.

14. The computer system of claim 13 , wherein the safe operating range data associated with the particular time includes data regarding actual driving behavior of one or more drivers different than the first driver and associated with the particular time.

15. The computer system of claim 13 , wherein the computer system is configured to:
receive the manual mode driving data including data regarding the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with a particular location;
receive the safe operating range data including data associated with the particular location; and
create the custom control including a custom control for the particular location based upon the actual driving behavior of the first driver associated with the particular location and the safe operating range data associated with the particular location.

16. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the computer system is further configured to control the self-driving behavior of the self-driving vehicle in the self-driving mode, using the custom control, while the first driver is an occupant of the self-driving vehicle.

17. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the manual mode driving data comprises telematics data regarding the actual driving behavior of the first driver.

18. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the computer system is further configured to adjust an insurance rate based upon the custom control.

Assignees

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co

Inventors

• Fields Brian M
• Harr Joseph P
• Myers Jeremy

Classifications

• B60W2556/45

  External transmission of data to or from the vehicle · CPC title

• B60W2556/10

  Historical data · CPC title

• B60W2050/0075

  Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means · CPC title

• B60W2050/0088

  Adaptive recalibration · CPC title

• B60W50/0098

  Details of control systems ensuring comfort, safety or stability not otherwise provided for · CPC title