US 12,269,489 B2
Failover handling in autonomous vehicles
Shad Laws, Redwood City, CA (US); and Spyros Maniatopoulos, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,888.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217529 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01); B60W 50/023 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/023 (2013.01) [B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 50/0225 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a fallback vehicle path planner of a vehicle, data indicative of a fallback path;
storing, at a memory of the vehicle, the data indicative of the fallback path;
receiving, from a primary vehicle path planner of the vehicle, data indicative of a primary path, wherein the primary path is for use by the vehicle when the primary vehicle path planner is in a normal operating condition, and wherein the fallback path is for use by the vehicle when the primary vehicle path planner is in a degraded operating condition;
receiving an event trigger indicative of the degraded operating condition associated with the primary vehicle path planner;
selecting, in response to the event trigger, the fallback path over the primary path; and
sending, to a control system of the vehicle in response to the selecting, the stored data indicative of the fallback path.