Patent ID: 11960901
Assignee: TESLA, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for booting an autonomous driving controller that includes a plurality of parallel processors, the method comprising:
first, booting a plurality of security processor subsystems (SCSs) of the plurality of parallel processors from Read Only Memory (ROM) dedicated to the plurality of SCSs, wherein the SCSs are configured to authorize rights of communication with components external to the parallel processors and are configured to grant authorization of individual operations based on agreement of the SCSs regarding the authorization;
second, booting a plurality of safety processor subsystems (SMSs) of the plurality of parallel processors, wherein the SMSs are configured to determine whether particular outputs associated with the parallel processors are in agreement; and
third, booting a plurality of general processors of the plurality of parallel processors.