Vehicle safety system for autonomous vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12043287
APP PUB NO 20230159057A1
SERIAL NO

18151442

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Devices, systems, and methods for a vehicular safety system in autonomous vehicles are described. An example method for safely controlling a vehicle includes selecting, based on a first control command from a first vehicle control unit, an operating mode of the vehicle, and transmitting, based on the selecting, the operating mode to an autonomous driving system, wherein the first control command is generated based on input from a first plurality of sensors, and wherein the operating mode corresponds to one of (a) a default operating mode, (b) a minimal risk condition mode of a first type that configures the vehicle to pull over to a nearest pre-designated safety location, (c) a minimal risk condition mode of a second type that configures the vehicle to immediately stop in a current lane, or (d) a minimal risk condition mode of a third type that configures the vehicle to come to a gentle stop.

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TUSIMPLE INC9191 TOWNE CENTRE DR SUITE 600 SAN DIEGO CA 92122

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Han, Xiaoling San Diego, US 93 190
Hsu, Yu-Ju Tucson, US 46 115
Huang, Zehua San Diego, US 73 514
Jiang, Yicai Tucson, US 2 14
Shi, Zhujia San Diego, US 19 55
Wahba, Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Hassan Tucson, US 8 15
Xin, Junjun Tucson, US 8 26
Xu, Qiong San Diego, US 9 19
Zhang, Kun San Diego, US 361 3138

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