US 12,269,491 B2
Methods and systems for increasing autonomous vehicle safety and flexibility using voice interaction
Nils Lenke, Aachen (DE); Johan Wouters, Cham (CH); Adam Emfield, Concord, MA (US); Sumanta Chakraborty, San Ramon, CA (US); and Charles L. Ortiz, Jr., Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US)
Filed by Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,709.
Application 18/108,709 is a continuation of application No. 16/734,108, filed on Jan. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,577,742, issued on Feb. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,471, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227053 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/08 (2013.01) [B60W 30/18 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); B60W 2050/007 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0074 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02); B60W 2540/21 (2020.02); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising using a voice-control system to cause a vehicle to transition from operating in a first mode to operating in a second mode, wherein causing said vehicle to transition comprises causing said voice-control system to execute, while said vehicle is operating in said first mode, a determining step, a generating step, a receiving step, and a responding step, wherein said determining step comprises making a determination that operation in a second mode has become available, wherein said generating step comprises, in response to having made said determination, making an announcement, wherein said announcement indicates that operation in said second mode is available, wherein said receiving step comprises receiving an utterance indicating a desire to cause said transition, wherein said responding step comprises instructing said vehicle to operate in said second mode, wherein said determining step further comprises determining that there exist first and second routes along which said operation in said second mode is available, wherein said method further comprises announcing said routes and receiving an instruction to traverse said first route in said second mode, and wherein instructing said vehicle to operate in said second mode comprises instructing said vehicle to operate in said second mode along said first route.