Systems and methods for a parallel autonomy interface
AssigneeToyota Research Institute, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Patrikalakis, Philipp Michel
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Abstract
A parallel autonomy interface system can include processing circuitry communicably coupling one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle and one or more displays of the autonomous vehicle. The processing circuitry can be configured to receive output from the one or more sensors, determine if potential danger with respect to vehicle operation is detected based on the output of the one or more sensors, activate an alert in response to detecting the potential danger, the alert corresponding to avatar motion, and enable the avatar to indicate a direction of the potential danger in response to activation of the alert.
Claims17
A parallel autonomy interface system, comprising:
- one or more sensors coupled to a vehicle capable of autonomous operation;
- one or more displays configured to display an avatar, the avatar including at least a head and a hand;
- and
- processing circuitry communicably coupling the one or more sensors and the one or more displays, the processing circuitry configured to
- receive output from the one or more sensors,
- determine if potential danger with respect to vehicle operation is detected based on the output of the one or more sensors,
- activate an alert in response to detecting the potential danger, the alert corresponding to a change in a size of the avatar, and
- cause the avatar to indicate a direction of the potential danger, in response to activation of the alert, by turning the head of the avatar to face the potential danger and pointing hand of the avatar towards the potential danger.
A method of operating a parallel autonomy interface, comprising:
- receiving output from one or more sensors, the one or more sensors communicably coupled to one or more displays;
- determining, via processing circuitry, if potential danger with respect to vehicle operation is detected based on the output of the one or more sensors;
- activating an alert in response to detecting the potential danger, the alert corresponding to a change in a size of a displayed avatar, the avatar including at least a head and a hand;
- and
- causing the avatar to indicate a direction of the potential danger, in response to activation of the alert, by turning the head of the avatar to face the potential danger and pointing the hand of the avatar towards the potential danger.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of operating a parallel autonomy interface, comprising:
- receiving output from one or more sensors, the one or more sensors communicably coupled to one or more displays;
- determining if potential danger with respect to vehicle operation is detected based on the output of the one or more sensors;
- activating an alert in response to detecting the potential danger, the alert corresponding to a change in a size of a displayed avatar, the avatar including at least a head and a hand;
- and
- causing the avatar to indicate a direction of the potential danger, in response to activation of the alert, by turning the head of the avatar to face the potential danger and pointing the hand of the avatar towards the potential danger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.