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Autonomous vehicle control system

  • US 10,019,005 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2016
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous vehicle control system operating on a computer readable medium, the autonomous vehicle control system comprising:

  • an operational plan controller configured to maintain a plurality of operational plans that each correspond to a predetermined set of behavioral characteristics of an associated autonomous vehicle based on situational awareness data provided via on-board sensors of the autonomous vehicle and mission control data provided from a user interface;

    a decision-making algorithm configured to select one of the plurality of operational plans for operational behavior of the autonomous vehicle based on the situational awareness data and the mission control data at a given time and to provide an intent decision based on the situational awareness data and the selected one of the plurality operational plans; and

    an execution engine configured to provide control outputs to operational components associated with the autonomous vehicle for navigation and control of the autonomous vehicle based on the selected one of the plurality of operational plans and in response to the intent decision.

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