Directed acoustic alert notification from autonomous vehicles
AssigneePony AI Inc.
InventorsPeter G. Diehl, Cheng Jin
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Abstract
A system included and a computer-implemented method performed in an autonomous-driving vehicle are described herein. A request to meet a person at a location can be received by the autonomous-driving vehicle. The autonomous-driving vehicle can be driven to the location. The person at the location can be identified by the autonomous-driving vehicle. Once identified, the autonomous-driving vehicle can send a directed alert notification to the person. The directed alert notification can comprise a directed acoustic signal.
Claims20
A system for an autonomous-driving vehicle, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive a request to meet a person at a location;
- instruct the vehicle to drive to the location;
- identify the person at the location;
- send a directed alert notification to the person, wherein the directed alert notification comprises a directed acoustic signal that gradually increases in volume until identifying the person acknowledges the vehicle;
- and
- in response to identifying the person acknowledging the vehicle, unlock the vehicle to allow the person for entry.
A computer-implemented method performed in an autonomous-driving vehicle comprising:
- receiving a request to meet a person at a location;
- instructing the vehicle to drive to the location;
- identifying the person at the location;
- sending a directed alert notification to the person, wherein the directed alert notification comprises a directed acoustic signal that gradually increases in volume until identifying the person acknowledges the vehicle;
- and
- in response to identifying the person acknowledging the vehicle, unlocking the vehicle to allow the person for entry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.