Patents Assigned to Volkswagen AG et al.
  • Patent number: 9688288
    Abstract: A system of a semi-autonomous driving vehicle for transitioning from a semi- autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode. A navigation system to determine a route to a destination. A vehicle head unit to receive data that comprises information related to a geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited along the determined route to the destination. A processor to process the received data to determine if the semi-autonomous driving vehicle in autonomous mode is approaching a geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited. The semi-autonomous driving vehicle issues a notification to the driver of the semi-autonomous driving vehicle requesting the driver to manually drive the semi-autonomous driving vehicle in response to a determination that the semi-autonomous driving vehicle is approaching the geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG et al., Audi AG
    Inventors: William Brian Lathrop, Nathaniel Paffett-Lugassy