SITUATIONAL AND PREDICTIVE AWARENESS SYSTEM

摘要

Vehicles, including autonomous vehicles, which receive external data from sources other than the sensors on the vehicles, analyze such external data and alter the driving behaviors of the vehicles based on the external data are disclosed. External data may be gathered from other vehicles, news feeds, social networking posts or may comprise data about previously observed behaviors of other vehicles or drivers. Such external data may include locations of and/or information regarding other vehicles, traffic signs and or signal lights, on or off ramps, road hazards, road conditions, traffic conditions, vehicular or pedestrian congestion, etc. In other aspects, systems for adjusting vehicle settings based on driver preferred settings are disclosed.

主权项

1. An autonomous driving vehicle, comprising:
at least one communications module, the communications module configured to receive external data from sources other than the vehicle, wherein the external data is data that cannot be gathered utilizing sensors affixed to the vehicle at substantially a time of external data receipt; at least one processor analyzing the external data, either alone or in combination with data generated by the vehicle and/or sensors affixed to the vehicle; wherein the driving behavior of the vehicle is altered based on the analyzing.