Controlling driving modes of self-driving vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9944291
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14924034

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A method and/or computer program product controls an operational mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV) that is initially being operated in a nominal autonomous mode. Detectors on an SDV detect an erratically driven vehicle (EDV) that is being operated in an unsafe manner within a predetermined distance of an SDV. In response to detecting the EDV, a driving mode device in the SDV changes an operational mode of the SDV from the nominal autonomous mode to an evasive autonomous mode.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gordon, Michael S Yorktown Heights, US 240 2810
Kozloski, James R New Fairfield, US 471 5491
Kundu, Ashish New York, US 183 3291
Malkin, Peter K Ardsley, US 208 3285
Pickover, Clifford A Yorktown Heights, US 921 16372

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