GM has filed a patent application for an automated driving system with a selectable level of aggressiveness. The application was assigned patent number US 12,172669 B2 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and was published on December 24th, 2024. The GM patent filing was originally submitted on December 20th, 2021, and lists three Michigan-based engineers as the inventors, including Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani, Sayyed Rouhollah Jafari Tafti, and Marcus James Huber.
The patent describes an automated driving system that offers users customizable settings with regard to driving style and driving aggressiveness, providing a better match for specific situations or user preferences. The system uses a computer programmed to select an AI learning agent based on real-time data from sensors and a desired driving style. The primary focus is tailoring the driving aggressiveness and behavior to specific road conditions, traffic situations, or user inputs.
The system works by collecting sensor data, including speed, position, or nearby obstacles, which is then used to calculate a “challenge score” that reflects the complexity of the driving environment. The system then chooses an AI model from a library of pre-trained models, each designed for different driving styles. The selected AI agent then decides the appropriate driving actions, such as accelerating, braking, or steering, to navigate safely and efficiently.
The system can switch between different reinforcement learning agents if the driving environment changes, such as moving from an open highway to a busy city street. It can also adapt to user preferences, receiving inputs to set the desired driving behavior.
In a highly aggressive driving environment, such as a crowded city street, a more timid autonomous driving style may present problems, or possibly even a hazard. This customizable approach makes autonomous driving more flexible and adaptive, improving safety and user satisfaction.
GM recently announced that it was no longer pursuing development of the fully autonomous Cruise Origin “robotaxi.” Instead, GM will refocus its autonomous driving technology development efforts on personal vehicles, such as the semi-autonomous Super Cruise system.
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But Officer, I wasn’t speeding….cutting people off……running the red light or the stop sign….or causing the wreck…..it was the AI doing the driving ! Issue the ticket to it ! LOL !!!!
My Tesla already has different aggressive levels of driving. What a waste of time.
Yeah, Tesla already did this. I guess they just didn’t file a patent. They give you Chill, Average, and Assertive. Been that way for as long as I can remember. We got our car in 2018.