IP Library Granted Patent US 11,378,950
Granted Patent B2
US 11,378,950 · App. 16/465,411 · Granted Jul 5, 2022

Remote system for an autonomous vehicle

Inventors: Liam Pedersen (San Francisco, CA); Siddharth Thakur (Fremont, CA); Armelle Guerin (Portola Valley, CA); Ali Mortazavi (Walnut Creek, CA); Atsuhide Kobashi (Mountain View, CA); Mauro Della Penna (San Francisco, CA); Richard Enlow (Alameda, CA); Andrea Angquist (Los Altos Hills, CA); Richard Salloum (San Mateo, CA); Stephen Wu (Menlo Park, CA); Ben Christel (Palo Alto, CA); Shane Hogan (Arlington, MA); John Deniston (Colorado Springs, CO); Jen Hamon (Palo Alto, CA); Sannidhi Jalukar (Mountain View, CA); Maarten Sierhuis (San Francisco, CA); Eric Schafer (Kentfiel, CA); David Lees (Palo Alto, CA); Dawn Wheeler (Mountain View, CA); Mark Allan (Campbell, CA)
Assignees: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.; United States of America as Represented by the Admininstrator of the Nationa Aeronautics and Space
G05D1/0038G05D1/0088G08G1/0112G08G1/0133G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,378,950
App. No.
16/465,411
Granted
Jul 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A remote system for an autonomous vehicle, includes a receiver, a controller, and a display device. The receiver is configured to receive road information. The controller is programmed to receive input related to the road information and create a supervision zone when the road information impacts road drivability. The display device is disposed at a control center area and configured to display a visual indication on a map of the supervision zone.

Claims (23)

1. A remote system for an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

a non-moveable receiver disposed in a remote location relative to the autonomous vehicle and configured to receive road information;

a controller programmed to receive the road information from the non-moveable receiver and create a supervision zone when the road information impacts road drivability, receive information from an input to generate a route to avoid the supervision zone, and determine whether the supervision zone has been removed;

a transmitter configured to transmit data to the autonomous vehicle;

a display device disposed at a predetermined control center area remote from the supervision zone and configured to display a visual indication on a map of the supervision zone; and

when the controller has determined that the route has been generated to resolve the supervision zone, the controller is configured to combine the road information and the information from the input to automatically update the display indicating the route to avoid the supervision zone and configured to cause a first set of data of the data to be automatically transmitted, via the transmitter, to update the autonomous vehicle of the route to avoid the supervision zone, when the controller has determined that the supervision has been removed, the controller is configured to update the display indicating the removal of the supervision zone and configured to cause a second set of data of the data to be automatically transmitted, via the transmitter, to automatically update the autonomous vehicle, via the transmitter of the removal of the supervision zone.

2. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein

the controller is programmed to determine whether the road information impacts road drivability.

3. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein

the input is received by the controller from a user input.

4. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein

the controller is programmed to remove the visual indication of the supervision zone after a predetermined amount of time.

5. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein

the input is disposed at the predetermined control center area remote from the supervision zone.

6. The remote system of claim 1 , wherein

the receiver is configured to receive a signal from an emergency vehicle, and the controller is programmed to determine that the signal is road information that impacts road drivability.

7. The remote system of claim 1 , further comprising

a storage device configured to store the route to avoid the supervision zone.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein

the receiver is configured to receive vehicle information, and

the controller is programmed to determine that the vehicle information is road information that impacts road drivability.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein

the receiver is configured to receive an image transmitted by a vehicle camera, and the display device is configured to display the image.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2024
From: SCHAFER, ERIC; LEES, DAVID; WHEELER, DAWN; ALLAN, MARK
To: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
Reel/Frame 066791/0134 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062815/0756 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62438243 · Dec 22, 2016
Related Publication 20200004239A1 · Jan 2, 2020