US 12,443,182 B2
Systems and methods to ensure safe driving behaviors associated with remote
Fabrizio Scelsi, Berlin (DE); Bogdan Djukic, Berlin (DE); Daniel Buchmueller, Truckee, CA (US); Thomas von der Ohe, Berlin (DE); and Nicolai Wojke, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to Vay Technology GmbH, Berlin (DE)
Filed by Vay Technology GmbH, Berlin (DE)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,328.
Prior Publication US 2024/0160205 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC G05D 1/0044 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to ensure safe driving behaviors in a remote driving system, comprising:
receiving, by a processor at a teleoperator station via a communication network, location data and drive state information associated with a vehicle, the vehicle being positioned within an environment remote from the teleoperator station;
receiving, by the processor, map data associated with the location data;
receiving, by the processor, vehicle data associated with the vehicle;
receiving, by the processor, sensor data from one or more sensors onboard the vehicle;
determining, by the processor, one or more safety tunnel parameters for the vehicle based on the location data, the map data, the vehicle data, and the sensor data;
determining, by the processor, that the drive state information exceeds the one or more safety tunnel parameters;
instructing, by the processor, modification to operation of the vehicle within the one or more safety tunnel parameters; and
causing presentation, via a presentation device at the teleoperator station, of at least one indicator related to the one or more safety tunnel parameters;
wherein the one or more safety tunnel parameters comprise at least one of allowable steering angle, allowable yaw rate, allowable steering torque, or allowable acceleration.