Vehicle safety operation manager for driver assistance functions

1 . A method for managing operation of a vehicle, comprising:

detecting, while the vehicle is operating, an assistance condition that triggers activation of one or more assistance components of a set of assistance components associated with a driver assistance system, the vehicle having been retrofitted to include an autonomous driving system;

determining whether the autonomous driving system satisfies a respective safety condition associated with each of the one or more assistance components without activation of the one or more assistance components; and

preventing the one or more assistance components from activating in accordance with determining the autonomous driving system satisfies the safety condition.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the vehicle operates in an autonomous driving mode operated by the autonomous driving system; and

the vehicle is operated without human intervention in the autonomous driving mode.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the vehicle continues to operate in the autonomous driving mode in response to preventing the one or more assistance components from activating.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining, while operating in the autonomous driving mode, the vehicle fails to satisfy the safety condition; and

switching from the autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode based on determining the vehicle fails to satisfy the safety condition.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of assistance components include one or more of a stability control component, a velocity control component, a cruise control component, a lane assistance component, or a warning component.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

each assistance component of the set of assistance components is associated with one or more assistance conditions of a set of assistance conditions; and

each assistance condition of the set of assistance conditions is learned from an action of a human driver that activates a respective assistance component of the set of assistance components.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each assistance component of the set of assistance components is associated with a different safety condition.

8 . An apparatus for managing operation of a vehicle, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors and storing processor-executable code that, when executed by the one or more processors, is configured to cause the apparatus to:

detect, while the vehicle is operating, an assistance condition that triggers activation of one or more assistance components of a set of assistance components associated with a driver assistance system, the vehicle having been retrofitted to include an autonomous driving system;

determine whether the autonomous driving system satisfies a respective safety condition associated with each of the one or more assistance components without activation of the one or more assistance components; and

prevent the one or more assistance components from activating in accordance with determining the autonomous driving system satisfies the safety condition.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:

the vehicle operates in an autonomous driving mode operated by the autonomous driving system; and

the vehicle is operated without human intervention in the autonomous driving mode.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the vehicle continues to operate in the autonomous driving mode in response to preventing the one or more assistance components from activating.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein execution of the processor-executable code further causes the apparatus to:

determine, while operating in the autonomous driving mode, the vehicle fails to satisfy the safety condition; and

switch from the autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode based on determining the vehicle fails to satisfy the safety condition.

12 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the set of assistance components include one or more of a stability control component, a velocity control component, a cruise control component, a lane assistance component, or a warning component.

13 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:

each assistance component of the set of assistance components is associated with one or more assistance conditions of a set of assistance conditions; and

each assistance condition of the set of assistance conditions is learned from an action of a human driver that activates a respective assistance component of the set of assistance components.

14 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each assistance component of the set of assistance components is associated with a different safety condition.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon for managing operation of a vehicle, the program code executed by one or more processors and comprising:

program code to detect, while the vehicle is operating, an assistance condition that triggers activation of one or more assistance components of a set of assistance components associated with a driver assistance system, the vehicle having been retrofitted to include an autonomous driving system;

program code to determine whether the autonomous driving system satisfies a respective safety condition associated with each of the one or more assistance components without activation of the one or more assistance components; and

program code to prevent the one or more assistance components from activating in accordance with determining the autonomous driving system satisfies the safety condition.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:

the vehicle operates in an autonomous driving mode operated by the autonomous driving system; and

the vehicle is operated without human intervention in the autonomous driving mode.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the vehicle continues to operate in the autonomous driving mode in response to preventing the one or more assistance components from activating.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the program code further comprises:

program code to determine, while operating in the autonomous driving mode, the vehicle fails to satisfy the safety condition; and

program code to switch from the autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode based on determining the vehicle fails to satisfy the safety condition.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the set of assistance components include one or more of a stability control component, a velocity control component, a cruise control component, a lane assistance component, or a warning component.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:

each assistance component of the set of assistance components is associated with one or more assistance conditions of a set of assistance conditions; and

each assistance condition of the set of assistance conditions is learned from an action of a human driver that activates a respective assistance component of the set of assistance components.