Patent ID: 11858507
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. An automotive vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of environment sensors configured to detect external features in a vicinity of the automotive vehicle;
a plurality of vehicle sensors configured to detect a vehicle characteristic;
an actuator configured to control vehicle steering, acceleration, braking, or shifting; and
at least one controller in electronic communication with respective sensors of the plurality of environment sensors, the plurality of vehicle sensors, and the actuator, the at least one controller being programmed with an automated driving system control algorithm and configured to automatically control the actuator based on the automated driving system control algorithm, the automated driving control system algorithm including:
a perception system configured to receive perception input data from the plurality of environment sensors and vehicle characteristic data from the plurality of vehicle sensors;
a cognitive situation awareness module configured to process the perception input data and the vehicle characteristic data to analyze an external entity in the vicinity of the automotive vehicle using a human perception inspired cognitive analysis, wherein processing the perception input data includes calculating a risk level value for the external entity, and the analysis includes generating a hierarchical event structure that classifies and prioritizes the perception input data by classifying the external entity into an attention zone, wherein the attention zone is one of a high attention zone, a low attention zone, and a no attention zone, and prioritizing the external entity within the classified attention zone according to the risk level value; and
a vehicle control module configured to develop a behavior plan for the automotive vehicle based on the hierarchical event structure, wherein the behavior plan includes a projected path of travel;

wherein the at least one controller is further programmed to control the actuator according to the behavior plan.