AUTONOMOUS MODE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A CONTROL SYSTEM
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Abstract
A vehicle control system including human-control members generating signals for manual piloting of actuators of the vehicle, an automatic control module generating signals for automatic piloting of the actuators of the vehicle, and a switching module to select the manual-piloting signals in a manual mode of operation and the autonomous-piloting signals in an autonomous mode of operation. The automatic control module includes a block for automatic formulation of at least one calculated autonomous piloting signal and a security block to transmit to the switching module a calculated autonomous piloting signal in a case of normal autonomous operation and an emergency autonomous piloting signal in a case of abnormal autonomous operation.
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11. A vehicle control system comprising:
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human-control members generating manual-driving signals for manually driving actuators of the vehicle; an automatic-control module generating autonomous-driving signals for autonomously driving the actuators of the vehicle; a switching module configured to select the manual-driving signals in a manual mode of operation and to select the autonomous-driving signals in an autonomous mode of operation; wherein the automatic-control module comprises; an automatic-formulation unit that automatically formulates at least one calculated autonomous-driving signal; a safety unit configured to transmit to the switching module the at least one calculated autonomous-driving signal in a case of normal autonomous operation and an emergency autonomous-driving signal in a case of abnormal autonomous operation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20)
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17. A method for controlling a vehicle comprising:
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executing one or more manual-modes in which human-control members generate manual-driving signals for manually driving actuators of the vehicle; executing one or more autonomous-modes in which autonomous-driving signals are generated and switched toward the actuators of the vehicle in place of the manual-driving signals; wherein the executing the autonomous-modes comprises; executing a normal autonomous-mode performed in a case of normal autonomous operation and in which the autonomous-driving signals comprise at least one calculated autonomous-driving signal; executing an emergency autonomous-mode performed in a case of abnormal autonomous operation and in which the autonomous-driving signals comprise at least one emergency autonomous-driving signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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