US 12,467,761 B2
Determining and displaying auto drive lanes in an autonomous vehicle
Philip Nemec, San Jose, CA (US); Brian Douglas Cullinane, Palo Alto, CA (US); Manuel Christian Clement, Felton, CA (US); and Robertus Christianus Elisabeth Mariet, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/118,267.
Application 16/166,867 is a division of application No. 15/351,822, filed on Nov. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,295,359, issued on May 21, 2019.
Application 18/118,267 is a continuation of application No. 17/097,392, filed on Nov. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,624,628.
Application 17/097,392 is a continuation of application No. 16/166,867, filed on Oct. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,866,113, issued on Dec. 15, 2020.
Application 15/351,822 is a continuation of application No. 14/665,062, filed on Mar. 23, 2015, granted, now 9,534,918, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Application 14/665,062 is a continuation of application No. 13/792,304, filed on Mar. 11, 2013, granted, now 9,008,961, issued on Apr. 14, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/731,701, filed on Nov. 30, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314160 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B62D 1/28 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G08G 1/0969 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3673 (2013.01) [B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 17/221 (2013.01); B62D 1/28 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 15/0295 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G08G 1/0969 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); B60T 2201/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, a current location of a vehicle being operated by a driver in a manual driving mode;
using, by the one or more processors, the determined location to generate autonomous driving information related to an autonomous driving mode where the driver is able to relinquish control of the vehicle from the manual driving mode to a computer of the vehicle, wherein the autonomous driving information indicates sections of one or more lanes that are currently available for autonomous driving;
generating, by the one or more processors, display information based on the autonomous driving information, the display information including a representation of a section of a lane of the sections of the one or more lanes and an indicator identifying that the section of the lane is currently available for driving in the autonomous driving mode;
displaying, by the one or more processors, the display information to the driver; and
initiating, by the one or more processors, driving in the autonomous driving mode when the vehicle is in the section of the lane available for the driving in the autonomous driving mode.