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System and method for human operator intervention in autonomous vehicle operations

  • US 10,365,645 B1
  • Filed: 03/05/2018
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for piloting an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

  • selecting, at a computer server, a remote vehicle operator from a group of remote vehicle operators, the remote vehicle operator associated with a control device;

    receiving, at the computer server, a situation report associated with the autonomous vehicle;

    sending to the control device, from the computer server, information from the situation report;

    receiving, at the computer server, at least one operator command from the control device; and

    sending, from the computer server, a vehicle command to the autonomous vehicle, the vehicle command based at least in part on the at least one operator command and including a command verification value;

    causing, with the vehicle command, a finite state machine of the autonomous vehicle to transition from an active vehicle state of a plurality of vehicle states to a second vehicle state of the plurality of vehicle states after the autonomous vehicle determines that the vehicle command has precedence.

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