Safely navigating on roads through maintaining safe distance from other vehicles
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a computer system, lane information that provides an estimated location of a lane of a road on which a vehicle is traveling, wherein the computer system is configured to control the vehicle in an autonomous mode;
determining, by the computer system, that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable; and
in response to determining that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable, the computer system;
using at least one sensor to monitor at least one neighboring vehicle, andcontrolling the vehicle to maintain a distance between the vehicle and the at least one neighboring vehicle to be at least a predetermined minimum distance.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous mode are disclosed. In one aspect, an example method is disclosed that includes obtaining, by a computer system, lane information that provides an estimated location of a lane of a road on which a vehicle is traveling, where the computer system is configured to control the vehicle in an autonomous mode. The example method further includes determining, by the computer system, that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable and, in response to determining that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable, the computer system using at least one sensor to monitor at least one neighboring vehicle and controlling the vehicle to maintain a distance between the vehicle and the at least one neighboring vehicle to be at least a predetermined minimum distance.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining, by a computer system, lane information that provides an estimated location of a lane of a road on which a vehicle is traveling, wherein the computer system is configured to control the vehicle in an autonomous mode; determining, by the computer system, that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable; and in response to determining that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable, the computer system; using at least one sensor to monitor at least one neighboring vehicle, and controlling the vehicle to maintain a distance between the vehicle and the at least one neighboring vehicle to be at least a predetermined minimum distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode, the vehicle comprising:
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at least one sensor; at least one processor; and data storage comprising a predetermined minimum distance and instructions executable by the at least one processor to; obtain lane information that provides an estimated location of a lane of a road on which the vehicle is traveling; determine that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable; and in response to determining that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable; use the at least one sensor to monitor at least one neighboring vehicle, and control the vehicle to maintain a distance between the vehicle and the at least one neighboring vehicle to be at least a predetermined minimum distance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
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obtaining lane information that provides an estimated location of a lane of a road on which a vehicle is traveling; determining that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable; and in response to determining that the lane information has become unavailable or unreliable; using at least one sensor to monitor at least one neighboring vehicle, and controlling the vehicle to maintain a distance between the vehicle and the at least one neighboring vehicle to be at least a predetermined minimum distance. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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