US 11,891,076 B1
Manual operation vehicle constraints
Matthew Daniel Lopez, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Collin MacGregor, Foster City, CA (US); Udayan Pushparaj Karmarkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Austin Hendrix, Redwood City, CA (US); and Eric Yu-Chieh Shyu, Lafayette, CA (US)
Assigned to ZOOX, INC., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,191.
Int. Cl. B60W 50/029 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 50/12 (2012.01); B60W 50/038 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 50/029 (2013.01) [B60W 50/038 (2013.01); B60W 50/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0051 (2020.02); B60W 2050/0292 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0295 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0297 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the system to:
receive, from a controller associated with a set of components of a vehicle, at least one constraint associated with the set of components, the set of components being associated with an autonomous operation of the vehicle and the at least one constraint comprising a limitation on a parameter corresponding to propelling the vehicle;
determine that the vehicle is currently operating in a manually assisted mode of operation;
perform at least one of:
based on a determination that the at least one constraint is not associated with the manually assisted mode of operation, withhold data associated with the at least one constraint from a component control determination; or
based on a determination that the at least one constraint is associated with the manually assisted mode of operation, send a control signal to limit operation of a component of the vehicle that is associated with the at least one constraint;
receive a request to override the at least one constraint;
determine that the at least one constraint is associated with a type of constraint that is not authorized to be overridden by an operator; and
based at least in part on the at least one constraint being associated with the type of constraint that is not authorized to be overridden by the operator, continue to control operation of the component and cause an indication of denial of the request to be presented on a display associated with the vehicle.