Patents
US 11709488 B2: Manual control re-engagement in an autonomous vehicle
- Granted
- 2023-07-25
- Filed
- 2022-11-15 application 17987639
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Vehicles may have the capability to navigate according to various levels of autonomous capabilities, the vehicle having a different set of autonomous competencies at each level. In certain situations, the vehicle may shift from one level of autonomous capability to another. The shift may require more or less driving responsibility from a human operator. Sensors inside the vehicle collect human operator parameters to determine an alertness level of the human operator. An alertness level is determined based on the human operator parameters and other data including historical data or human operator-specific data. Notifications are presented to the user based on the determined alertness level that are more or less intrusive based on the alertness level of the human operator and on the urgency of an impending change to autonomous capabilities. Notifications may be tailored to specific human operators based on human operator preference and historical performance.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230725_r1.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patents | US company or organization | Bloomington, IL | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Mark Fields | Phoenix, AZ | 287 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Leo Nelson Chan | Normal, IL | 94 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kristopher Keith Gaudin | Bloomington, IL | 129 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Aaron Williams | Congerville, IL | 73 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G05D | Systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables | G05D1/0061 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60W | Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit | B60W30/143 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-01 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FIELDS, BRIAN MARK signed 2017-11-15 CHAN, LEO NELSON signed 2018-03-22 GAUDIN, KRISTOPHER KEITH signed 2017-11-15 WILLIAMS, AARON signed 2017-11-15 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL | 63828/472 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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