Patent ID: 11932280
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
receiving a current situation data set associated with a ridehail passenger trip;
generating, by the autonomous vehicle and based on the current situation data set, a trip plan comprising a set of tasks to be executed in order to complete the ridehail passenger trip;
determining the presence of a situational issue that cannot be resolved by executing the trip plan, wherein the situational issue comprises at least one of a weather issue, a transient environmental obstruction located at a pick-up location or a drop-off location of the ridehail passenger trip, a vehicle damage event, and a traffic incident, and wherein the traffic incident comprises at least one of a pedestrian traffic incident and a vehicular traffic incident;
determining, based on the current situation data set, a prior situation data set having matching characteristics in common with the current situation data set and the situational issue, the prior situation data set comprising a prior set of tasks;
identifying a prior situation remedy associated with the prior situation data set, the prior situation remedy solving the situational issue;
assigning, to the trip plan, a parent task associated with the prior situation remedy to create a modified trip plan; and
executing the modified trip plan, wherein the executing modifies a control operation of the autonomous vehicle.