US 12,326,727 B2
Manual control re-engagement in an autonomous vehicle
Brian Mark Fields, Normal, IL (US); Leo Nelson Chan, Normal, IL (US); Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Bloomington, IL (US); and Aaron Williams, Congerville, IL (US)
Assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/950,588.
Application 16/950,588 is a division of application No. 15/957,637, filed on Apr. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,935,974.
Prior Publication US 2021/0064028 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/81 (2024.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0061 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/81 (2024.01); B60W 2050/007 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0072 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of transitioning control of a vehicle, the method comprising:
navigating a vehicle according to a first level of autonomous capability, the first level of autonomous capability defining a first set of autonomous competencies of the vehicle;
receiving a request to operate the vehicle according to a second level of autonomous capability within a time period, the second level of autonomous capability defining a second set of autonomous competencies, the second set of autonomous competencies being different than the first set of autonomous competencies;
notifying a human operator of the vehicle with a notification of an impending change in vehicle capability to the second level of autonomous capability, the notification depending at least in part on differences between the first set of autonomous competencies and the second set of autonomous competencies and an alertness level of the human operator, the notification indicating the time period within which the vehicle will make the impending change, wherein a user intrusiveness level of the notification corresponds to a change in a level of driving responsibility associated with the impending change and to an urgency of the impending change, the user intrusiveness level of the notification being based at least in part on one or more of a change in proximity of a hazard to the vehicle or an urgency of the hazard; and
navigating the vehicle according to the second level of autonomous capability.