×

Apparatus and method for managing failure in autonomous navigation system

  • US 9,529,361 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2013
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An apparatus for managing failure in an autonomous navigation system, the apparatus comprising:

  • a memory configured to store program instructions; and

    a controller configured to execute the program instructions, the program instructions when executed configured to;

    collect failure information in the autonomous navigation system installed within an autonomous navigation vehicle, the failure information indicating a failure of the autonomous navigation system;

    monitor a driver condition;

    determine whether to switch control from the autonomous navigation vehicle to a manual driving mode based on the driver condition;

    switch the control from the autonomous navigation vehicle to the manual driving mode in response to determining a condition of maintaining a forward gaze; and

    when switching the control from the autonomous navigation vehicle to the manual driving mode in response to determining the condition of maintaining the forward gaze, sequentially switch the control by switching a steering control from the autonomous navigation vehicle to the manual driving mode and thereafter switching an acceleration/deceleration control from the autonomous navigation vehicle to the manual driving mode.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×