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DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING AUTO DRIVE LANES IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

  • US 20140156182A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2013
  • Published: 06/05/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving data from a geographic position component;

    determining a current location of a vehicle from the received data;

    using the current location to access detailed map information identifying the locations of autodrive lanes, wherein each autodrive lane is a lane of a roadway pre-approved for an autonomous driving mode of the vehicle, the autonomous driving mode allowing a driver to relinquish control of the vehicle to a computer;

    identifying one or more of the autodrive lanes currently available for autonomous driving;

    using, by a processor, the identified one or more autodrive lanes to generate autodrive information;

    determining a distance available for autonomous driving for at least one of the identified one or more autodrive lanes based on the detailed map information;

    generating, by the processor, display information based on the autodrive information, the display information including lanes and identifying which of the lanes are of the one or more autodrive lanes; and

    displaying, on a display of the vehicle, the display information and the determined distance.

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