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Automated spatial separation of self-driving vehicles from other vehicles based on occupant preferences

  • US 10,173,679 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2017
  • Issued: 01/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically providing spatial separation between a self-driving vehicle (SDV) operating in an autonomous mode and another vehicle on a roadway, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors, an emotional state descriptor for at least one occupant in a self-driving vehicle (SDV);

    determining, by one or more processors, an emotional state of said at least one occupant in the SDV based on the emotional state descriptor;

    detecting, by a vehicle detector on the SDV, another vehicle within a predefined proximity of the SDV;

    determining, by one or more processors, braking abilities of the SDV; and

    adjusting, by one or more processors, a spatial separation between the SDV and the other vehicle based on the emotional state of said at least one occupant in the SDV and the braking abilities of the SDV;

    detecting, by the vehicle detector on the SDV, a size of the other vehicle; and

    further adjusting, by a control mechanisms controller, the spatial separation between the SDV and the other vehicle based on a field of view for the occupants in the SDV that is blocked by the size of the other vehicle.

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