User interface for displaying internal state of autonomous driving system
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsAndrew Timothy Szybalski, Luis Ricardo Prada Gomez, Philip Nemec, Christopher Paul Urmson, Sebastian Thrun
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Abstract
Autonomous vehicles use various computing systems to transport passengers from one location to another. A control computer sends messages to the various systems of the vehicle in order to maneuver the vehicle safely to the destination. The control computer may display information on an electronic display in order to allow the passenger to understand what actions the vehicle may be taking in the immediate future. Various icons and images may be used to provide this information to the passenger.
Claims20
A method of providing for display an image of a driving environment of a vehicle to an occupant of the vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processors, a geographic location of the vehicle;
- receiving, by the one or more processors, from a sensor of vehicle information identifying an object in an external environment of the vehicle corresponding a traffic signal light;
- determining, by the one or more processors, from the vehicle information a state of the traffic signal light;
- generating, by the one or more processors, the image for display including a representation of the vehicle, a representation of the traffic signal light, an indication of the state of the traffic signal light, and a background image corresponding to a driving environment of the geographic location of the vehicle;
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- providing, by the one or more processors, the image for display to the occupant of the vehicle.
A system for providing for display an image of a driving environment of a vehicle to an occupant of the vehicle, the system comprising one or more processors configured to:
- determine a geographic location of the vehicle;
- receive from a sensor of vehicle information identifying an object in an external environment of the vehicle corresponding a traffic signal light;
- determine from the vehicle information a state of the traffic signal light;
- generate the image for display including a representation of the vehicle, a representation of the traffic signal light, an indication of the state of the traffic signal light, and a background image corresponding to a driving environment of the geographic location of the vehicle;
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- provide the image for display to the occupant of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.