US 12,078,499 B2
Autonomous vehicles implementing user-based ethical decision making
Ziv Glazberg, Haifa (IL); and Shmuel Ur, Shorashim (IL)
Assigned to GLAZBERG, APPLEBAUM & CO., Ramat Gan (IL)
Filed by Glazberg, Applebaum & Co., Advocates and Patent Attorneys, Ramat Gan (IL)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,202.
Application 18/334,202 is a division of application No. 17/384,974, filed on Jul. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,713,974.
Application 17/384,974 is a continuation of application No. 16/423,539, filed on May 28, 2019, granted, now 11,105,645, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332910 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G01C 21/3484 (2013.01) [B60T 8/17 (2013.01); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system relating to an operation of a self-driving vehicle, wherein the system comprising:
a processor and a memory coupled thereto;
an ethical investigator configured to present an ethical questioner to an entity and collect responses of the entity to the ethical questioner;
an ethical synthesizer configured to synthesize an ethical preference of the entity based on the responses collected by said ethical investigator; and
an ethical determinator configured to select an action from a plurality of potential actions each associated with a different potential alternative outcome, wherein said ethical determinator is configured to select the action based on an ethical preference of the controlling entity of the self-driving vehicle at a time the selection is made, wherein said system is configured to cause the self-driving vehicle to perform the action selected by said ethical determinator automatically and without relying on user input.