Local traffic customs learning system for automated vehicle
View Patent ↗A learning system for an automated vehicle to learn local traffic customs includes a location-detector, and object-detector, and a controller. The location-detector indicates a location of a host-vehicle on a digital-map. The object-detector detects a lane-marking and other-vehicles proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the location-detector and the object-detector. The controller is configured to determine when an observed-behavior of the other-vehicles is not in accordance with the lane-marking present at the location, and operate the host-vehicle in accordance with the observed-behavior.
1. A system comprising:
a location-detector that determines a location of an automated vehicle;
an object-detector that detects a lane-marking and one or more other-vehicles proximate to the automated vehicle; and
a controller in communication with the location-detector and the object-detector, the controller configured to:
determine whether the lane-marking indicates a keep-out zone that precedes a turn-lane adjacent to a travel-lane of the automated vehicle;
determine whether at least one of the one or more other-vehicles has traveled over the keep-out zone; and
in accordance with determining that the lane-marking indicates the keep-out zone that precedes the turn-lane adjacent to the travel-lane of the automated vehicle, and that the at least one of the one or more other-vehicles has traveled over the keep-out zone,
record the location of the automated vehicle and an indication that a lane-rule is violated at the location; and
operate the automated vehicle to travel over the keep-out zone in violation of the lane-rule.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the recording occurs only after the lane-rule is violated at the location multiple times.
3. A system comprising:
a location-detector that determines a location of an automated vehicle;
an object-detector that detects a lane-marking and two or more other-vehicles proximate to the automated vehicle; and
a controller in communication with the location-detector and the object-detector, the controller configured to:
determine whether the lane-marking indicates a single-lane at an intersection;
determine whether the two or more other-vehicles are positioned side-by-side in the single-lane;
determine whether at least one of the two or more other-vehicles completes a right-turn from the single-lane; and
in accordance with determining that the lane-marking indicates the single-lane at the intersection, that the two or more other-vehicles are positioned side-by-side in the single-lane, and the at least one of the two or more other-vehicles completes the right-turn from the single-lane,
record the location of the automated vehicle and an indication that a lane-rule is violated at the location; and
operate the automated vehicle to make a right-turn from the single-lane in violation of the lane-rule.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the recording occurs only after the lane-rule was violated at the location multiple times.
5. A method comprising:
determining, using a location-detector, a location of an automated vehicle;
detecting, using an object-detector, a lane-marking and one or more other-vehicles proximate to the automated vehicle;
determining, using a controller, whether the lane-marking indicates a keep-out zone that precedes a turn-lane adjacent to a travel-lane of the automated vehicle;
determining, using the controller, whether at least one of the one or more other-vehicles has traveled over the keep-out zone; and
in accordance with determining that the lane-marking indicates the keep-out zone that precedes the turn-lane adjacent to the travel-lane of the automated vehicle, and that the at least one of the one or more other-vehicles has traveled over the keep-out zone,
recording the location of the automated vehicle and an indication that a lane-rule was violated at the location; and
operating the automated vehicle to travel over the keep-out zone in violation of the lane-rule.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the recording occurs only after the lane-rule was violated at the location multiple times.
7. A method comprising:
determining, using a location-detector, a location of an automated vehicle;
detecting, using an object-detector, a lane-marking and two or more other-vehicles proximate to the automated vehicle;
determining, using a controller, whether the lane-marking indicates a single-lane at an intersection;
determining, using the controller, whether the two or more other-vehicles are positioned side-by-side in the single-lane;
determining, using the controller, whether at least one of the two or more other-vehicles completes a right-turn from the single-lane; and
in accordance with determining that the lane-marking indicates the single-lane at the intersection, that the two or more other-vehicles are positioned side-by-side in the single-lane, and that the at least one of the two or more other-vehicles completes the right-turn from the single-lane,
recording the location of the automated vehicle and an indication that a lane-rule is violated at the location; and
operating the automated vehicle to make a right-turn from the single-lane in violation of the lane-rule.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the recording occurs only after the lane-rule was violated at the location multiple times.