Autonomous vehicle diagnostic system

D Tascione, M Bode - US Patent 10,137,903, 2018 - Google Patents
An on-board diagnostic system for an autonomous vehicle can receive diagnostic data from
any number of AV systems of the AV. For each AV system the on-board diagnostic system …

Automatically providing explanations for actions taken by a self-driving vehicle

MS Gordon, CA Pickover, M Vukovic - US Patent 10,093,322, 2018 - Google Patents
A method causes a self-driving vehicle (SDV) to warn passengers of an upcoming
maneuver, and to explain why the SDV will be making the upcoming maneuver. One or …

Managing vehicle driving control entity transitions of an autonomous vehicle based on an evaluation of performance criteria

S Majumdar, M Biswas, WH Von Novak… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
In an embodiment, a vehicle controller determines a pre dicted driving performance level of
a vehicle driving control entity (VDCE) while the vehicle is controlled by a different VDCE …

Apparatus and method of safety support for vehicle

D Agnew, D MacKenzie, N Johnson - US Patent 10,446,031, 2019 - Google Patents
A vehicle safety support apparatus may include: a driver monitoring unit configured to
monitor a driver; an external environment monitoring unit configured to monitor an external …

Driving cues and coaching

W Polisson, R Madigan, TW Gibson, S Kumar… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A method, medium, and apparatus for educating and reducing risk to inexperienced drivers
using vehicles with autonomous navigation systems. Data regarding a driver's past …

Controlling driving modes of self-driving vehicles

MS Gordon, JR Kozloski, A Kundu, PK Malkin… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a
driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control …

Secure communication between vehicle components via bus guardians

HR Lurie, GJ Hansel, JAW Hoffacker… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a computing system of an autonomous vehicle may receive a first set of
data packets on one or more networks. The computing system may analyze the data packets …

Mixed-mode driving of a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities

E Frazzoli, H Ravichandran, E Wolff… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
US11112793B2 - Mixed-mode driving of a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities -
Google Patents US11112793B2 - Mixed-mode driving of a vehicle having autonomous driving …

Travel data collection and publication

A Di Pietro, GT Sibley, JWV Philbin - US Patent 10,317,240, 2019 - Google Patents
Travel data may be gathered and published on a global map for use by various entities. The
travel data may be captured by one or more vehicle computing devices, such as those …

System and method for tire sensor-based autonomous vehicle fleet management

SW Fontaine, ARG Leconte, F Ngo, E Besnoin… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A system for sensing tire parameters in the remote monitoring and management of a fleet of
autonomous vehicles is provided. The system includes at least one autonomous vehicle that …