Patent Document ID: 9828001
Application ID: 15095122

Base Claim:
1. A method of presenting a confidence in an autonomous operation of a vehicle, the method comprising: acquiring at least one operational status for at least one support system of the vehicle; determining, based on the acquired at least one operational status, a first confidence for an autonomous operation for adjusting a speed of the vehicle; determining, based on the acquired at least one operational status, a second confidence for an autonomous operation for adjusting a position of the vehicle within a lane of a roadway; responsive to determining the first confidence, causing a first confidence icon to be displayed within the vehicle, the first confidence icon including an emoticon conveying an emotion corresponding to the determined first confidence for the autonomous operation for adjusting the speed of the vehicle; responsive to determining the second confidence, causing a second confidence icon to be displayed within the vehicle, the second confidence icon including an emoticon conveying an emotion corresponding to the determined second confidence for the autonomous operation for adjusting the position of the vehicle within the lane of the roadway.

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Claim 8:
8. The method of claim 1 , further including identifying a first state of autonomous operation of the vehicle, and wherein the determining the first confidence in the autonomous operation of the vehicle is further based on the first state of autonomous operation of the vehicle.