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Apparatus and method transitioning between driving states during navigation for highly automated vechicle

  • US 10,527,450 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2017
  • Issued: 01/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation apparatus for an autonomous vehicle comprising:

  • circuitry configured todetermine a plurality of routes between a start location and a destination,identify characteristics for each of the plurality of routes, each characteristic associated with at least one route of the plurality of routes and a corresponding measure,divide each route of the plurality of routes into segments based on the characteristics,determine longest blocks within each route, the longest blocks corresponding to a longest segment of the respective routes along which the characteristics associated with the respective routes can be performed continuously, said each characteristic identifying a state a driver of the autonomous vehicle can occupy while the autonomous vehicle is travelling to the destination,display the segmented plurality of routes, for each route the display including the characteristics associated with the route, the corresponding measure, and the corresponding longest blocks, anddisplay a real-time route selected from the plurality of routes by the driver of the autonomous vehicle.

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