CPC B60W 50/10 (2013.01) [B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0073 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
1. A method of alerting a user of an autonomous vehicle of unintentional driving mode transitions, the method comprising:
storing in memory, by one or more processors, a predetermined period of time;
detecting, by the one or more processors, a force applied by the user to an input device to cause the autonomous vehicle to transition between different driving modes;
determining, by the one or more processors, whether there has been an additional user input within the predetermined period of time from when the force was applied by the user to the input device or when the transition occurred; and
providing, by the one or more processors, an audible disengage alert based on the determining.
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