Patent ID: 11886201
Assignee: GLYDWAYS INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 14:
15. An autonomous vehicle system comprising:
a road having:
a first segment having reference elements positioned along the road;
a second road segment lacking reference elements positioned along the road; and

a driverless vehicle configured to travel along the road and having a vehicle control system configured to:
in accordance with a determination that the driverless vehicle is travelling along the first segment of the road, operate the driverless vehicle according to a first mode of operation, including:
detecting, with a navigation sensor coupled to the driverless vehicle, at least a subset of the reference elements;
determining, based at least in part on the detected reference elements, one or more vehicle operational parameters, the one or more vehicle operational parameters including at least one of a position, velocity, or orientation of the vehicle; and
performing at least one of accelerating, decelerating, or steering the driverless vehicle in response to the determined one or more vehicle operational parameters;

detect a transition from the first segment of the road to the second segment of the road; and
in accordance with a determination that the driverless vehicle is travelling along the second segment of the road, operate the driverless vehicle in a second mode of operation, including performing at least one of accelerating, decelerating, or steering the driverless vehicle based at least in part on images captured by an image sensor on the driverless vehicle.