Patent ID: 11915318
Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:
determining an evaluation group of vehicles for which to optimize one or more traffic characteristics;
determining vehicles, of the evaluation group, currently operating in an autonomous mode;
determining a target number of vehicles, of the evaluation group, for operating in the autonomous mode to optimize the one or more traffic characteristics;
based on the target number of vehicles, selecting one or more vehicles, of the vehicles currently operating in the autonomous mode, to switch from the autonomous mode to a non-autonomous mode; and
causing at least one vehicle of the selected one or more vehicles to switch from the autonomous mode to the non-autonomous mode.