CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL
First Claim
1. A vehicle control system, said vehicle control system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle;
a processor operable to process data captured by said sensors;
a control;
wherein said control, responsive to processing by said processor of data captured by said sensors, controls a plurality of vehicle systems, and wherein said control is capable of autonomous control of the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle along a road; and
a user input selectively actuatable by an occupant of the vehicle so that the occupant can select one of (i) a non-autonomous mode where the occupant has driving control of the vehicle and non-autonomously drives the vehicle along the road, and (ii) an autonomous mode where said control autonomously drives the vehicle along the road.
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Abstract
A vehicle control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle. A processor is operable to process data captured by the sensors, and a control, responsive to processing by the processor of data captured by the sensors, controls a plurality of vehicle systems and is capable of autonomous control of the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle along a road. The vehicle control system includes a user input that is selectively actuatable by an occupant of the vehicle so that the occupant can select one of at least (i) a non-autonomous mode where the occupant has driving control of the vehicle and non-autonomously drives the vehicle along the road, and (ii) an autonomous mode where said control autonomously drives the vehicle along the road.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle control system, said vehicle control system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle; a processor operable to process data captured by said sensors; a control; wherein said control, responsive to processing by said processor of data captured by said sensors, controls a plurality of vehicle systems, and wherein said control is capable of autonomous control of the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle along a road; and a user input selectively actuatable by an occupant of the vehicle so that the occupant can select one of (i) a non-autonomous mode where the occupant has driving control of the vehicle and non-autonomously drives the vehicle along the road, and (ii) an autonomous mode where said control autonomously drives the vehicle along the road. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle control system, said vehicle control system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle; wherein said plurality of sensors comprise a plurality of radar sensors disposed at the vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle; wherein said plurality of sensors comprise a plurality of cameras disposed at the vehicle and having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle; a processor operable to process data captured by said sensors; a control; wherein said control, responsive to processing by said processor of data captured by said sensors, controls a plurality of vehicle systems, and wherein said control is capable of autonomous control of the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle along a road; and a user input that is selectively actuatable by an occupant of the vehicle so that the occupant can select one of (i) a non-autonomous mode where the occupant has driving control of the vehicle and non-autonomously drives the vehicle along the road, (ii) a semi-autonomous mode where said control controls one or more driver assist systems of the vehicle and (iii) an autonomous mode where said control autonomously drives the vehicle along the road. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A vehicle control system, said vehicle control system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle; wherein said plurality of sensors comprise a plurality of radar sensors disposed at the vehicle and having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle; wherein said plurality of sensors comprise a plurality of cameras disposed at the vehicle and having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle; a processor operable to process data captured by said sensors; a control; wherein said control, responsive to processing by said processor of data captured by said sensors, controls a plurality of vehicle systems, and wherein said control is capable of autonomous control of the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle along a road; a user input selectively actuatable by an occupant of the vehicle so that the occupant can select one of (i) a non-autonomous mode where the occupant has driving control of the vehicle and non-autonomously drives the vehicle along the road, and (ii) an autonomous mode where said control autonomously drives the vehicle along the road; and a driver monitoring system, wherein, responsive to said driver monitoring system, said control determines an appropriate control mode, and wherein, responsive to said driver monitoring system determining that the occupant is not alert with the non-autonomous mode selected, said control overrides the selected mode and operates in the autonomous mode and autonomously drives the vehicle along the road. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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