A vehicle system 105 includes an object sensor 110 and an occupant sensor 115 programmed to output an occupant or object detection signal indicating a presence of an occupant or unauthorised object in a host vehicle. An autonomous mode controller 125 is programmed to determine, from the occupant or object detection signal, whether to operate the host vehicle in an autonomous mode. An autonomous mode could be either a pick-up mode, a drop-off mode, or an inspection mode, wherein the pick-up mode is only possible if the sensors 110, 115 indicate that no unauthorised occupants or objects are present within the host vehicle. Similarly, the pick-up mode would only be possible if the vehicle contained at least one occupant or object. The controller 125 could receive information regarding navigation and pick-up/drop-off locations. A method (300, Fig.3) is also included, in which the host vehicle is prevented from operating in an autonomous mode if at least one of an unauthorised occupant or object is detected within the vehicle.
Autonomous vehicle unauthorized passenger or object detection
2017-04-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |
Autonomous vehicle unauthorized passenger or object detection
European Patent Office | 2018
|AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE UNAUTHORIZED PASSENGER OR OBJECT DETECTION
European Patent Office | 2017
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