PROTOCOL-LEVEL VERIFICATION OF ABERRANT DRIVING DECISIONS
Protocol-level verification of aberrant driving decisions, including: receiving an aberrant driving decision for an autonomous vehicle; determining whether a command enabling aberrant driving decisions has been received; and responsive to the command being received, allowing execution of the aberrant driving decision.
1 . A method for protocol-level verification of aberrant driving decisions, comprising:
receiving an aberrant driving decision for an autonomous vehicle;
determining whether a command enabling aberrant driving decisions has been received; and
responsive to the command being received, allowing execution of the aberrant driving decision.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting, by a monitoring system, that the aberrant driving decision is to be sent; and
sending, by the monitoring system, based on a verification of the aberrant driving decision, the command enabling aberrant driving decisions.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein detecting that the aberrant driving decision is to be sent is based on one or more functions applied to the aberrant driving decision.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more functions comprise a threshold number of standard deviations.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more functions comprise one or more attribute ranges.
6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising performing, by the monitoring system, the verification of the aberrant driving decision.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the command enabling aberrant driving decisions enables aberrant driving decisions for a predefined amount of time.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein performing the verification of the aberrant diving decision is based on one or more portions of sensor data used to generate the aberrant driving decision.
9 . An apparatus for protocol-level verification of aberrant driving decisions, the apparatus configured to perform steps comprising:
receiving an aberrant driving decision for an autonomous vehicle;
determining whether a command enabling aberrant driving decisions has been received; and
responsive to the command being received, allowing execution of the aberrant driving decision.
10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the steps further comprise:
detecting, by a monitoring system, that the aberrant driving decision is to be sent; and
sending, by the monitoring system, based on a verification of the aberrant driving decision, the command enabling aberrant driving decisions.
11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein detecting that the aberrant driving decision is to be sent is based on one or more functions applied to the aberrant driving decision.
12 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more functions comprise a threshold number of standard deviations.
13 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more functions comprise one or more attribute ranges.
14 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the steps further comprise performing, by the monitoring system, the verification of the aberrant driving decision.
15 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the command enabling aberrant driving decisions enables aberrant driving decisions for a predefined amount of time.
16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein performing the verification of the aberrant diving decision is based on one or more portions of sensor data used to generate the aberrant driving decision.
17 . A computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions for protocol-level verification of aberrant driving decisions that, when executed, cause a computer system to perform steps comprising:
receiving an aberrant driving decision for an autonomous vehicle;
determining whether a command enabling aberrant driving decisions has been received; and
responsive to the command being received, allowing execution of the aberrant driving decision.
18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the steps further comprise:
detecting, by a monitoring system, that the aberrant driving decision is to be sent; and
sending, by the monitoring system, based on a verification of the aberrant driving decision, the command enabling aberrant driving decisions.
19 . The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein detecting that the aberrant driving decision is to be sent is based on one or more functions applied to the aberrant driving decision.
20 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the one or more functions comprise a threshold number of standard deviations.