Patent ID: 11904903
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 14:
15. A vehicle comprising:
an onboard computer;
a sensor suite comprising a plurality of imaging devices and at least one sensing device for determining at least one of a characteristic and an identity of an item for delivery from an origin to a destination via a selected route;
a mapping information module comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium for storing mapping information including for each of a plurality of route segments for the selected route, a characterization of the route segment; and
a driving mode selection module comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium for, for each of the plurality of route segments:
using the mapping information to characterize the route segment; and
selecting one of a plurality of driving modes for the route segment based on the characterization of the route segment and the at least one of the item characteristic and the item identity; and

providing a driving plan to a vehicle, wherein the driving plan comprises a collection of the selected driving modes corresponding to the plurality of route segments comprising the selected route and wherein the vehicle delivers the item from the origin to the destination via the selected route using the driving plan;
wherein, subsequent to completion of a delivery of the item, the mapping information for at least one of the route segments of the selected route is updated using information regarding the comfort level of the route segment.