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US 10,589,751 · App. 15/540,836 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Autonomous maneuver notification for autonomous vehicles

Inventors: Akos Nagy (Mountain View, CA); Shetty Rajaram (Bangalore, IN); Jeorg Vetter (Friesenheim, DE); Tatiana Mamaeva (Munich, DE); Christian Kremer (Grossheubach, DE); Jan Becker (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 10,589,751
App. No.
15/540,836
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods of operating an autonomous vehicle to perform an autonomous maneuver. One system includes a human machine interface and an electronic controller electrically coupled to the human machine interface. The electronic controller includes an electronic processor configured to detect at least one driving condition and determine the autonomous maneuver based on the at least one driving condition. The electronic processor is also configured to display, via the human machine interface, a maneuver notification before performing the autonomous maneuver. The electronic processor is further configured to control the autonomous vehicle to perform the autonomous maneuver.

Claims (39)

1. A system for operating a vehicle to perform an autonomous maneuver, the system comprising:

a human machine interface; and

an electronic controller electrically coupled to the human machine interface, the electronic controller including an electronic processor configured to:

detect at least one driving condition associated with another vehicle,

determine the autonomous maneuver based on the at least one driving condition,

display, via the human machine interface, a maneuver notification before performing the autonomous maneuver;

prompt, via the human machine interface, for a driver input in response to displaying the maneuver notification, wherein the driver input indicates a request for additional information about the autonomous maneuver;

receive, via the human machine interface, the driver input in response to displaying the maneuver notification;

display, via the human machine interface, an overhead view in response to receiving the driver input; and

control the vehicle to perform the autonomous maneuver, wherein the overhead view includes

a first vehicle graphic indicating a position of the vehicle on a roadway, and

a plurality of secondary vehicle graphics indicating positions of every other vehicle located around the vehicle on the roadway.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the maneuver notification includes a maneuver indicator based on the autonomous maneuver.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the maneuver indicator includes a graphic depicting the autonomous maneuver.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the graphic includes a vehicle image and an arrow indicating a turning direction.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the maneuver notification further includes a driving condition indicator based on the at least one driving condition.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the maneuver notification further includes a descriptor based on the autonomous maneuver.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the autonomous maneuver includes a lane change.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one vehicle control system electrically coupled to the electronic controller, wherein the electronic processor is further configured to control the at least one vehicle control system to perform the autonomous maneuver.

9. A method of operating a vehicle to perform an autonomous maneuver, the method comprising:

detecting, with an electronic processor of the vehicle, at least one driving condition associated with another vehicle;

determining, with the electronic processor, the autonomous maneuver based on the at least one driving condition;

displaying, with the electronic processor via a human machine interface of the vehicle, a maneuver notification before performing the autonomous maneuver;

prompting, with the electronic processor via the human machine interface, for a driver input in response to displaying the maneuver notification, wherein the driver input indicates a request for additional information about the autonomous maneuver;

receiving, with the electronic processor via the human machine interface, the driver input in response to displaying the maneuver notification;

displaying, with the electronic processor via the human machine interface, an overhead view in response to receiving the driver input; and

controlling, with the electronic processor, the vehicle to perform the autonomous maneuver,

wherein the overhead view includes

a first vehicle graphic indicating a position of the vehicle on a roadway, and

a plurality of secondary vehicle graphics indicating positions of every other vehicle located around the vehicle on the roadway.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the maneuver notification includes a maneuver indicator based on the autonomous maneuver.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the maneuver indicator includes a graphic depicting the autonomous maneuver.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the graphic includes a vehicle image and an arrow indicating a turning direction.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the maneuver notification further includes a driving condition indicator based on the at least one driving condition.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the maneuver notification further includes a descriptor based on the autonomous maneuver.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the autonomous maneuver includes a lane change.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein controlling the vehicle to perform the autonomous maneuver includes:

controlling, with the electronic processor, at least one vehicle control system of the vehicle to perform the autonomous maneuver.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2017
From: NAGY, AKOS; RAJARAM, SHETTY; BECKER, JAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH LLC; ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 042867/0118 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2017
From: VETTER, JEORG; MAMAEVA, TATIANA; KREMER, CHRISTIAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 042867/0264 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62098416 · Dec 31, 2014
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