GB2592331A - Anti-hijacking system and method for an autonomous machine - Google Patents

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GB2592331A
GB2592331A GB2107918.1A GB202107918A GB2592331A GB 2592331 A GB2592331 A GB 2592331A GB 202107918 A GB202107918 A GB 202107918A GB 2592331 A GB2592331 A GB 2592331A
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An anti-hijacking system 100 for a machine, such as a vehicle, that is designed or adapted to run autonomously is disclosed. The system 100 comprises a control system 110 that is configured to be in electronic communication with at least one sensing module 112. The control system 110 is configured to run the machine autonomously using at least one input from said sensing module(s) 112. At least one back-up control unit 120 is configured to be in electronic communication with said sensing module(s) 112 and with the physical operating system of the machine. The back-up control unit(s) 120 is/are configured to take a control action based on at least one input from said sensing module(s) 112. The control action involves taking control of the running of the machine, by the back-up control unit 120 or by one of the back-up control units 120, from the control system 110.

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1. An anti-hijacking system for a vehicle that is designed or adapted to be driven autonomously, the system comprising:a control system configured to be in electronic communication with at least one sensing module and the control system being configured to drive the vehicle autonomously using one or more inputs from the at least one sensing module; andat least one back-up control unit configured to be in electronic communication with at least one sensing module and with the physical operating system of the vehicle, the at least one back-up control unit being configured to take a control action based on one or more inputs from the at least one sensing module, the control action being taking control of the driving of the vehicle by the back-up control unit or by one of the back-up control units from the control system;the control system and the at least one back-up control unit being configured to be located within or on the vehicle.
2. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one back-up control unit is a primary back-up control unit, the primary back-up control unit being configured to be isolated from electronic communication to the control system and from electronic communication to any device located external to the vehicle, the primary back-up control unit being configured to monitor a driving condition of the vehicle and determine if the control action is required, the control action being taking control of the driving of the vehicle by the primary back-up control unit.
3. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one back-up control unit is a primary back-up control unit, the primary back-up control unit being configured to be isolated from electronic communication to the control system and from electronic communication to any device or network located external to the vehicle save for updating software and/or firmware, the primary back-up control unit being configured to monitor a driving condition of the vehicle and determine if the control action is required, the control action being taking control of the driving of the vehicle by the primary back-up control unit.
4. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 2 or claim 3, wherein the primary back-up control unit is configured to compare the driving condition with a predetermined normal driving condition to determine if the control action is required.
5. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the primary back-up control unit is configured to receive at least one input from the at least one sensing module as at least one measured value relating to the driving condition of the vehicle and compare the at least one measured value with at least one pre-determined value or a range of predetermined values relating to predetermined normal driving condition to determine if the control action is required.
6. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the primary back-up control unit comprises memory that is configured to store the at least one pre-determined value.
7. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the primary back-up control unit is configured to determine that the control action is required if the measured value exceeds the at least one predetermined value or range of predetermined values.
8. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the primary back-up control unit is configured to determine that the control action is required if the measured value is below the at least one predetermined value or range of predetermined values.
9. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the primary back-up unit comprises a monitoring module that is configured to receive at least one input from the at least one sensing module as at least one measured value relating to the driving condition of the vehicle and compare the at least one measured value with at least one pre-determined value or range of predetermined values relating to predetermined normal driving condition to determine if the control action is required.
10. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the primary back-up unit comprises a primary data component module that is configured to receive raw data from the at least one sensing module and process the raw data by consolidating, analysing and/or interpreting the raw data received from the at least one sensing module to provide a processed data to the monitoring module.
11. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the monitoring module is configured to receive the processed data from the primary data component module and is configured to compare the processed data with at least one pre-determined data or a range of predetermined data relating to predetermined normal driving condition to determine if the control action is required.
12. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the primary back-up unit comprises a driving module that is in electronic communication with the monitoring module and is configured to drive the vehicle autonomously when the monitoring module determines that the control action is required.
13. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 12, wherein the system comprises a secondary back-up control unit configured to be isolated from electronic communication with the control system and from the primary back-up control unit, the secondary back-up control unit being configured to send data to at least one remote location that is a location remotely located from the vehicle and receive a control signal from the at least one remote location and take the control action based on the control signal received from the at least one remote location, the control action being taking control of the driving of the vehicle by the secondary back-up control unit.
14. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the secondary back-up control unit is configured to send a data relating to driving condition and/or location of the vehicle to the at least one remote location and to receive the control signal from the at least one remote location based on the data sent to the at least one remote location.
15. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 13 or 14, wherein the secondary back-up control unit is configured to communicate with at least one device or network located outside the vehicle for updating software and/or firmware.
16. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the secondary back-up unit comprises a secondary data component module that is configured to receive data relating to the driving condition from the at least one sensing module and consolidate, analyse and/or interpret the data received from the at least one sensing module to provide higher level data to the at least one remote location.
17. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the secondary back-up control unit comprises a communication module that is configured to receive data from the secondary data component module and transmit a signal/data corresponding to the driving condition of the vehicle to the at least one remote location.
18. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the communication module is configured to receive the control signal from the at least one remote location.
19. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 17 or claim 18, wherein the secondary back-up unit comprises a driving module that is in electronic communication with the communication module and is configured to drive the vehicle autonomously when the control signal is received from the at least one remote location.
20. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the anti-hijacking system further comprises an interception control unit that is in electronic communication with the control system and the at least one back-up control unit, the interception control unit being configured to receive a driving instruction sent from the control system or one back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units to enable the control system, the back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units to take control of the driving of the vehicle.
21. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 20, wherein the vehicle physical operating system is in electronic communication with the interception control unit, and the vehicle physical operating system is configured to operate upon receiving a driving command from the interception control unit, the interception control unit being configured to send the driving command to the vehicle physical operating system upon receiving instruction from the control system, the back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units.
22. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 20 or claim 21, wherein the interception control unit is configured to receive and transmit the driving instruction from the control system if no control action is required.
23. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 20 to 22, wherein the interception control unit is configured to receive and transmit the driving instruction from the back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units if the control action is required.
24. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 23, when claim 23 is directly or indirectly appended to any one of claims 13 to 19, wherein the interception control unit is configured to transmit the driving instruction in the following order of priority:the primary back-up control unit; the secondary back-up control unit; and the control system.
25. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 23, when claim 23 is directly or indirectly appended to any one of claims 13 to 19, wherein the interception control unit is configured to transmit the driving instruction in the following order of priority:the secondary back-up control unit; the primary back-up control unit; and the control system.
26. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 20 to 25, wherein the interception control unit is configured to be isolated from communicating with any device or network located outside the vehicle save for updating software and/or firmware.
27. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 23, wherein the at least one sensing module is part of the anti-hijacking system.
28. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 19 or any one of claims 20 to 27 when those claims are directly or indirectly appended to any one of claims 13 to 19, wherein the anti-hijacking system further comprises at least two independent sensing modules, one of the at least two sensing modules being in electronic communication with the primary back-up control unit, and another one of the at least two sensing modules being in communication with the secondary back-up control unit.
29. Ananti-hijacking system for a machine that is designed or adapted to run autonomously, the system comprising:a control system configured to be in electronic communication with at least one sensing module and the control system being configured to run the machine autonomously using one or more inputs from the at least one sensing module; andat least one back-up control unit configured to be in electronic communication with at least one sensing module and with the physical operating system of the machine, the at least one back-up control unit being configured to take a control action based on one or more inputs from the at least one sensing module, the control action being taking control of the running of the machine, by the back-up control unit or by one of the back-up control units, from the control system;the control system and the at least one back-up control unit being configured to be located within or on the machine.
30. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the at least one back-up control unit is a primary back-up control unit, the primary back-up control unit being configured to be isolated from electronic communication to the control system and from electronic communication to any device located external to the machine, the primary back-up control unit being configured to monitor a running condition of the machine and determine if the control action is required, the control action being taking control of the running of the machine by the primary back-up control unit.
31. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the at least one back-up control unit is a primary back-up control unit, the primary back-up control unit being configured to be isolated from electronic communication to the control system and from electronic communication to any device or network located external to the machine save for updating software and/or firmware, the primary back-up control unit being configured to monitor a running condition of the machine and determine if the control action is required, the control action being taking control of the running of the machine by the primary back-up control unit.
32. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 30 or claim 31, wherein the primary back-up control unit is configured to compare the running condition with a predetermined normal running condition to determine if the control action is required.
33. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 30 to 32, wherein the primary back-up control unit is configured to receive at least one input from the at least one sensing module as at least one measured value relating to the running condition of the machine and compare the at least one measured value with at least one pre-determined value or a range of predetermined values relating to predetermined normal running condition to determine if the control action is required.
34. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 30 to 33, wherein the primary back-up control unit comprises memory that is configured to store the at least one pre-determined value.
35. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 30 to 34, wherein the primary back-up control unit is configured to determine that the control action is required if the measured value exceeds the at least one predetermined value or range of predetermined values.
36. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 30 to 34, wherein the primary back-up control unit is configured to determine that the control action is required if the measured value is below the at least one predetermined value or range of predetermined values.
37. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 30 to 36, wherein the primary back-up unit comprises a monitoring module that is configured to receive at least one input from the at least one sensing module as at least one measured value relating to the running condition of the machine and compare the at least one measured value with at least one pre-determined value or range of predetermined values relating to predetermined normal running condition to determine if the control action is required.
38. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 37, wherein the primary back-up unit comprises a primary data component module that is configured to receive raw data from the at least one sensing module and process the raw data by consolidating, analysing and/or interpreting the raw data received from the at least one sensing module to provide a processed data to the monitoring module.
39. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 38, wherein the monitoring module is configured to receive the processed data from the primary data component module and compare the processed data with at least one pre-determined data or a range of predetermined data relating to predetermined normal running condition to determine if the control action is required.
40. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 37 to 39, wherein the primary back-up unit comprises a running module that is in electronic communication with the monitoring module and is configured to run the machine autonomously when the monitoring module determines that the control action is required.
41. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 30 to 40, wherein the system comprises a secondary back-up control unit configured to be isolated from electronic communication with the control system and from the primary back-up control unit, the secondary back-up control unit being configured to send data to at least one remote location that is a location remotely located from the machine and receive a control signal from the at least one remote location and take the control action based on the control signal received from the at least one remote location, the control action being taking control of the running of the machine by the secondary back-up control unit.
42. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 41, wherein the secondary back-up control unit is configured to send a data relating to running condition and/or location of the machine to the at least one remote location and to receive the control signal from the at least one remote location based on the data sent to the at least one remote location.
43. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 41 or 42, wherein the secondary back-up control unit is configured to communicate with at least one device or network located outside the machine for updating software and/or firmware.
44. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 41 to 43, wherein the secondary back-up unit comprises a secondary data component module that is configured to receive data relating to the running condition from the at least one sensing module and consolidate, analyse and/or interpret the data received from the at least one sensing module to provide higher level data to the at least one remote location.
45. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 44, wherein the secondary back-up control unit comprises a communication module that is configured to receive data from the secondary data component module and transmit a signal/data corresponding to the running condition of the machine to the at least one remote location.
46. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 45, wherein the communication module is configured to receive the control signal from the at least one remote location.
47. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 45 or claim 46, wherein the secondary back-up unit comprises a running module that is in electronic communication with the communication module and is configured to run the machine autonomously when the control signal is received from the at least one remote location.
48. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 29 to 47, wherein the anti-hijacking system further comprises an interception control unit that is in electronic communication with the control system and the at least one back-up control unit, the interception control unit being configured to receive a running instruction sent from the control system or one back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units to enable the control system, the back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units to take control of the running of the machine.
49. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 48, wherein the anti-hijacking system further comprises a machine physical operating system that is in electronic communication with the interception control unit, wherein the machine physical operating system is configured to operate upon receiving a running command from the interception control unit, the interception control unit being configured to send the running command to the machine physical operating system upon receiving instruction from the control system the back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units.
50. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 48 or claim 49, wherein the interception control unit is configured to receive and transmit the running instruction from the control system if no control action is required.
51. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 48 to 50, wherein the interception control unit is configured to receive and transmit the running instruction from the back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units if the control action is required.
52. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 51, when claim 51 is directly or indirectly appended to any one of claims 41 to 47 wherein the interception control unit is configured to transmit the running instruction in the following order of priority:the primary back-up control unit; the secondary back-up control unit; and the control system.
53. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in claim 51, when claim 51 is directly or indirectly appended to any one of claims 41 to 47, wherein the interception control unit is configured to transmit the running instruction in the following order of priority:the secondary back-up control unit; the primary back-up control unit; and the control system.
54. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 48 to 53, wherein the interception control unit is configured to be isolated from communicating with any device or network located outside the machine save for updating software and/or firmware.
55. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 29 to 54, wherein the at least one sensing module is part of the anti-hijacking system.
56. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 41 to 47, or any one of claims 48 to 55 when those claims are directly or indirectly appended to any one of claims 41 to 47, wherein the anti-hijacking system further comprises at least two independent sensing modules, one of the at least two sensing modules being in electronic communication with the primary back-up control unit, and another one of the at least two sensing modules being in communication with a secondary back-up control unit.
57. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 29 to 56, wherein the machine is an autonomous vehicle.
58. An autonomous vehicle with the anti-hijacking system as defined by any one of claims 29 to 56.
59. An anti-hijacking method for use in a vehiclethat is adapted to be driven autonomously using a control system that implements one or more sensor inputs to facilitate autonomous driving of the vehicle, the method comprising:providing an anti-hijacking system comprising at least one back-up control unit that is configured to drive the vehicle autonomously by taking control of the driving of the vehicle from the control system in an event of incorrect motor vehicle operation;establishing electronic communication between the at least one back-up unit and physical operating system of the vehicle;monitoring the driving condition of the vehicle while the vehicle is driven autonomously and comparing the driving condition with a predetermined normal driving condition to determine if a control action is required, the control action being taking control of the driving of the vehicle by the at least one back-up control unit from the control system; and enabling the at least one back-up unit to take control of the vehicle if it is determined that that the control action is required.
60. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in claim 59, wherein the at least one back-up control unit is isolated from any communication to or from the control system and to or from any device or network located outside the vehicle and optionally any other back-up control unit.
61. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in claim 59, wherein the at least one back-up control unit is isolated from any communication to or from the control system and to or from any device or network located outside the vehicle and optionally any other back-up control unit save for updating software and/or firmware.
62. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in any one of claims 59 to 61, wherein the step of enabling the at least one back-up unit to take control of the driving of the vehicle includes enabling the at least one back-up unit to take control of the driving of the vehicle for a predetermined amount of time and bringing the vehicle to a stationary condition at a location within the predetermined amount of time.
63. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in any one of claims 59 to 62, wherein the method comprises a step of receiving a communication from at least one remote location to enable the at least one back-up unit to take control of the driving of the vehicle from the control system.
64. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in any one of claims 59 to 63, wherein the system further comprises an interception control unit that is in electronic communication with the control system and the at least one back-up control unit, the interception control unit being configured to receive a running instruction sent from the control system or one back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units to enable the control system, the back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units to take control of the driving of the vehicle, wherein the interception control unit is isolated from any communication to or from the control system and to or from any device or network located outside the vehicle save for updating software and/or firmware.
65. An anti-hijacking method for use in a machine that is adapted to be run autonomously using a control system that implements one or more sensor inputs to facilitate autonomous running of the machine, the method comprising:providing an anti-hijacking system comprising at least one back-up control unit that is configured to run the machine autonomously by taking control of the running of the machine from the control system in an event of incorrect machine operation;establishing electronic communication between the at least one back-up unit and physical operating system of the machine;monitoring a running condition of the machine while the machine is driven autonomously and comparing the running condition with a predetermined normal running condition to determine if a control action is required, the control action being taking control of the running of the machine by the at least one back-up control unit from the control system; and enabling the at least one back-up unit to take control of the running of the machine if it is determined that that the control action is required.
66. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in claim 65, wherein the at least one back-up control unit is isolated from any communication with the control system and to or from any device or network located outside the machine and optionally any other back-up control unit.
67. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in claim 65, wherein the at least one back-up control unit is isolated from any communication to or from the control system and to or from any device or network located outside the machine and optionally any other back-up control unit save for updating software and/or firmware.
68. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in any one of claims 65 to 67, wherein the step of enabling the at least one back-up unit to take control of the running of the machine includes enabling the at least one back-up unit to take control of the running of the machine for a predetermined amount of time and bringing the machine to a stationary condition at a location within the predetermined amount of time.
69. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in any one of claims 65 to 68, wherein the method comprises a step of receiving a communication from at least one remote location to enable the at least one back-up unit to take control of the running of the machine from the control system.
70. An anti-hijacking method as claimed in any one of claims 65 to 69, wherein the system further comprises an interception control unit that is in electronic communication with the control system and the at least one back-up control unit, the interception control unit being configured to receive a running instruction sent from the control system or one back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units to enable the control system, the back-up control unit or one of the back-up control units to take control of the running of the machine, wherein the interception control unit is isolated from any communication to or from the control system and to or from any device or network located outside the machine save for updating software and/or firmware.
71. An anti-hijacking method for use in a vehicle that is configured to be driven autonomously using a control system that implements one or more sensor inputs to facilitate autonomous driving of the vehicle, the method comprising:providing an anti-hijacking system comprising at least one back-up control unit that is configured to drive the vehicle autonomously by taking control of the driving of the vehicle from the control system in an event of incorrect motor vehicle operation;driving the autonomous vehicle using the control system;monitoring the driving condition of the autonomous vehicle;determining if the driving condition is normal; continue driving the vehicle using the control system if the driving condition is normal and drive the vehicle using at least one back-up control unit if the driving condition is not normal.
72. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 28, comprising an emergency button or similar device available to passengers, and operable to send a control signal to a back-up control unit, such signal instructing the back-up control unit to take the control action, the control action being taking control of the driving of the vehicle by the back-up control unit.
73. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 28 and 29 to 57, comprising an emergency button or similar device available to nearby humans external to the vehicle or machine, and operable to send a control signal to a back-up control unit, such signal instructing the back-up control unit to take the control action, the control action being taking control of the running of the machine by the back-up control unit.
74. An anti-hijacking system as claimed in any one of claims 24 to 25 and 52 to 53, wherein the interception control unit is configured to send a signal to the secondary back-up control unit indicating that the primary back-up control unit has taken the control action, the control action being taking control of the driving of the vehicle and/or the running of the machine by the primary back-up control unit, and the secondary back-up control unit is configured to inform the at least one remote location.
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