Patent ID: 9720415
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60W,G01S,G05D,G07C

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying a sensor anomaly at an autonomous vehicle system, the autonomous vehicle system comprising an autonomous vehicle having a plurality of sensors; determining a type of the sensor anomaly; retrieving, from a data store and based on the sensor anomaly, data representing at least one sensor recovery strategy, the at least one sensor recovery strategy including one or more courses of action to modify operation of the autonomous vehicle in response to the sensor anomaly; selecting a course of action from the one or more courses of action based at least in part on the type of the sensor anomaly; and executing the course of action at the autonomous vehicle system, wherein executing the course of action causes the autonomous vehicle to operate within a range of operational parameters defined by the course of action, wherein