IP Library Granted Patent US 11,702,090
Granted Patent B2
US 11,702,090 · App. 16/532,971 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

System for an automated vehicle

Inventors: Erik Stayton (Ashland, MA); Jingyi Zhang (San Jose, CA); Melissa Cefkin (Willow Glen, CA)
Assignee: Nissan North America
B60W50/08B60W30/025G05D1/0088B60W2520/10B60W2540/18B60W2556/00G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,702,090
App. No.
16/532,971
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for an automated vehicle includes a user input interface and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is programmed with instructions to operate at least one aspect of the automated vehicle, is configured to process information input through the user input interface, the information including data directed to predetermined parameters related to the at least one aspect of the automated vehicle at a predetermined location, and update the instructions based on the information to alter the least one aspect of the automated vehicle.

Claims (32)

1. A system for an automated vehicle, comprising:

a user input interface; and

an electronic controller programmed with instructions to operate at least one aspect of the automated vehicle, configured to process information input through the user input interface, the information input through the user input including data directed to predetermined parameters related to the at least one aspect of the automated vehicle at a predetermined location and including information related to the predetermined location, determine whether the information exceeds a risk threshold in a plurality of simulated environments, and when the electronic controller determines the information does not exceed the risk threshold, update the instructions based on the information to alter the least one aspect of the automated vehicle, such that when the automated vehicle encounters the predetermined location, automated behavior of the automated vehicle is updated for the predetermined location.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined parameters include steering angle of the automated vehicle or speed of the automated vehicle.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined parameters include approach of the predetermined location or departure of the predetermined location.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the information includes a plurality of ratings related to the least one aspect of the automated vehicle.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein

the electronic controller is configured to determine whether the least one aspect of the automated vehicle was operated above a predetermined rating based on the plurality of ratings.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the information includes metadata related to the predetermined location.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the metadata includes at least one of geocoordinates or time.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the predetermined parameters includes a range of operation.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the electronic controller is configured to alter the range of operation each of the predetermined parameters based on the information.

10. A method of operating a system for an automated vehicle, comprising:

inputting information into a user input interface, the information input through the user input including data directed to predetermined parameters related to the at least one aspect of the automated vehicle at a predetermined location and including information related to the predetermined location;

processing with an electronic controller the information input through the user input interface, the electronic controller being programmed with instructions to operate at least one aspect of the automated vehicle; and

updating, with the electronic controller, the instructions based on the information to alter the least one aspect of the automated vehicle, when the electronic controller determines the information does not exceed a risk threshold in a plurality of simulated environments, such that when the automated vehicle encounters the predetermined location, automated behavior of the automated vehicle is updated for the predetermined location.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein

the predetermined parameters include steering angle of the automated vehicle or speed of the automated vehicle.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein

the predetermined parameters include approach of the predetermined location or departure of the predetermined location.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein

the information includes a plurality of ratings related to the least one aspect of the automated vehicle.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising

determining with the electronic controller whether the least one aspect of the automated vehicle was operated above a predetermined rating based on the plurality of ratings.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the information includes metadata related to the predetermined location.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the metadata includes at least one of geocoordinates or time.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein each of the predetermined parameters includes a range of operation.

18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising

altering with the electronic controller the range of operation for each of the predetermined parameters based on the information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2024
From: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
To: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 067982/0980 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: STAYTON, ERIK; ZHANG, JINGYI; CEFKIN, MELISSA
To: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 049973/0509 →
Continuity (1)
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