Adjustable automatic window tinting for autonomous vehicles
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsKenneth Ramon Ferguson, Samuel Harrison Glidden, Maximilian Gerrit Euchenhofer, Jeffrey Brandon, Michael Frank Schmidt
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination; transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass; during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination; and untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- transporting a passenger to a requested destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass;
- during the transporting, monitoring a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) load of the AV;
- subsequent to the HVAC load of the AV exceeding a predetermined threshold value:
- automatically incrementally adjusting a tint level of at least one of the windows;
- and
- continuing to automatically incrementally adjust the tint level of the at least one window until the HVAC load of the AC no longer exceeds the predetermined threshold value;
- during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination;
- and
- untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value.
A method comprising:
- transporting a passenger to a requested destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass a level of tint of which may be changed by applying an electrical signal thereto;
- and
- during the transporting, monitoring a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) load of the AV;
- subsequent to the HVAC load of the AV exceeding a predetermined threshold value:
- automatically incrementally adjusting a tint level of at least one of the windows;
- and
- continuing to automatically incrementally adjust the tint level of the at least one window until the HVAC load of the AC no longer exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
A system comprising:
- an autonomous vehicle (AV) for providing transportation from a pick-up location to a destination, the AV having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass, wherein a tint level of the electrically switchable smart glass may be incrementally adjusted by applying an electrical signal thereto;
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- an adjustable automatic window tinting (AAWT) module for automatically incrementally adjusting a tint level of at least one of the windows subsequent to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) load of the AV exceeding a predetermined threshold value and continuing to automatically incrementally adjust the tint level of the at least one window until the HVAC load of the AC no longer exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.