Determining and displaying auto drive lanes in an autonomous vehicle

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to identifying and displaying traffic lanes that are available for autonomous driving. This information may be displayed to a driver of a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode, in order to inform the driver of where he or she can use the autonomous driving mode. In one example, the display may visually distinguishing between lanes that are available for auto-drive from those that are not. The display may also include an indicator of the position of a lane (autodrive or not) currently occupied by the vehicle. In addition, if that lane is an autodrive lane the display may include information indicating how much further the vehicle may continue in the autonomous driving mode in that particular lane. The display may also display information indicating the remaining autodrive distance in other lanes as well as the lane with the greatest remaining autodrive distance.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving data from a geographic position component; determining a current location of a vehicle from the received data; using the current location to access detailed map information identifying the locations of autodrive lanes, wherein each autodrive lane is a lane of a roadway pre-approved for an autonomous driving mode of the vehicle, the autonomous driving mode allowing a driver to relinquish control of the vehicle to a computer; identifying at least two autodrive lanes currently available for the autonomous driving mode based on the detailed map information; using, by a processor, the at least two autodrive lanes to generate autodrive information; determining a distance available for autonomous driving for each of the at least two autodrive lanes based on the detailed map information; selecting, based on the distances available for autonomous driving for each of the at least two autodrive lanes, a longest lane available for the autonomous driving mode; generating, by the processor, display information based on the autodrive information, the display information including lanes and identifying which of the lanes are the at least two autodrive lanes and an indicator identifying the longest lane available for the autonomous driving mode; and displaying, on a display of the vehicle, the display information and at least one of the distances available for the autonomous driving mode.