US 12,479,452 B2
User-assisted drive-able area detection
Nithin Joseph Pathalil, Lake Orion, MI (US); Nizar Ahamed, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Pedro A Patlan Rosales, Queretaro (MX)
Assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/739,523.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356737 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60R 1/22 (2022.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/94 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60R 1/22 (2022.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60R 2300/10 (2013.01); B60R 2300/20 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user assisted method of identifying a drivable area for semi- autonomous and/or autonomous vehicle operation, the method comprising:
displaying an area including a potential drivable area on a display device disposed within a vehicle;
receiving, by a processor via a user interface, an area identified by a vehicle operator, the identified area being in the displayed area;
defining, by the processor, at least one surface characteristic of the identified area as corresponding with a surface that is drivable;
wherein the at least one surface characteristic is defined responsive to the identified area being disposed within a closed shape in the displayed area on the display device; and
generating, by a vehicle control system, a vehicle path for the vehicle based upon the at least one surface characteristic, and performing, by the vehicle control system, an autonomous of semi-autonomous vehicle operation using the generated vehicle path.