Method and system for preventing automatic re-engagement of automatic vehicle control
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1. A method for preventing automatic re-engagement of automatic vehicle control, said method comprising:
- determining a course for a vehicle wherein said vehicle is to be automatically guided along said course between a first geographic position and a second geographic position using an automatic vehicle control system;
receiving an indication that a pre-defined parameter of said automatic vehicle control system has been exceeded;
suspending the generation of steering commands via said automatic vehicle control system in response to said receiving of said indication; and
preventing said automatic re-engagement of said automatic vehicle control system wherein the suspension of the generation of steering commands is continued until an engagement signal is received.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for implementing automatic vehicle control with parameter-driven disengagement. In one embodiment, a course for a vehicle is determined along which the vehicle is to be automatically guided. An indication is received that a pre-defined parameter has been exceeded. In response to receiving the indication, the generation of steering commands is then suspended. Furthermore, the generation of steering commands is suspended until an engagement signal is received.
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1. A method for preventing automatic re-engagement of automatic vehicle control, said method comprising:
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determining a course for a vehicle wherein said vehicle is to be automatically guided along said course between a first geographic position and a second geographic position using an automatic vehicle control system;
receiving an indication that a pre-defined parameter of said automatic vehicle control system has been exceeded;
suspending the generation of steering commands via said automatic vehicle control system in response to said receiving of said indication; and
preventing said automatic re-engagement of said automatic vehicle control system wherein the suspension of the generation of steering commands is continued until an engagement signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method for preventing automatic re-engagement of automatic vehicle control, said method comprising:
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determining a course for a vehicle wherein said vehicle is to be automatically guided along said course between a first geographic position and a second geographic position using an automatic vehicle control system;
receiving an indication that a pre-defined parameter of said automatic vehicle control system has been exceeded;
suspending the generation of steering commands via said automatic vehicle control system in response to said receiving of said indication; and
preventing said automatic re-engagement of said automatic vehicle control system wherein the suspension of the generation of steering commands is continued until an engagement signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for implementing automatic vehicle control, said system comprising:
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a position determining component for determining the geographic position of said vehicle;
a steering component for controlling the steering mechanism of said vehicle; and
a control component coupled with said position determining component and with said steering component, said control component for generating a course correction in response to receiving position data from said position determining component, said control component further for suspending the generation of said course correction in response to said receiving an indication that a pre-defined parameter has been exceeded until an engagement signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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