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Technology for situational modification of autonomous vehicle operation

  • US 10,593,202 B1
  • Filed: 11/13/2017
  • Issued: 03/17/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating operation of an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:

  • detecting occurrence of an emergency event at an emergency location; and

    in response to detecting the occurrence of the emergency event;

    obtaining (i) a current location of the autonomous vehicle and (ii) a current operation of the autonomous vehicle,determining a vehicle operation regulation associated with the current location of the autonomous vehicle,determining, based on the current operation of the autonomous vehicle and the emergency location of the emergency event, a vehicle operation modification to direct the autonomous vehicle to operate in violation of the vehicle operation regulation to enable an emergency vehicle to reach the emergency location,generating, by a computer processor based on the vehicle operation modification, a set of vehicle control instructions for the autonomous vehicle, andproviding the set of vehicle control instructions to an on-board computing device installed in the autonomous vehicle, wherein the on-board computing device (i) executes the set of vehicle control instructions to cause the autonomous vehicle to violate the vehicle operation regulation to enable the emergency vehicle to reach the emergency location, and (ii) presents, in a user interface of the on-board computing device, an indication of the vehicle operation modification that directs the autonomous vehicle to operate in violation of the vehicle operation regulation.

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