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Automated vehicle system and method for changing from automated-mode to manual-mode near a construction-zone

  • US 10,642,267 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2017
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for operating an automated vehicle, said system comprising:

  • a detector configured to detect construction-objects; and

    a controller-circuit configured to, in accordance with a detection of a construction-object by the detector, determine that a host-vehicle is proximate to a construction-zone, andin accordance with a determination that the host-vehicle is proximate the construction-zone, change control of the host-vehicle from an automated-mode characterized by the controller-circuit steering the host-vehicle to a manual-mode characterized by an occupant of the host-vehicle steering the host-vehicle;

    whereinthe system includes a digital-map that designates the construction-zone, and whereinthe determination that the host-vehicle is proximate the construction-zone is in accordance with a determination that a localization-object indicated in the digital-map is not detected by the detector.

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