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US 11,909,785 B2Granted
Video communications system for rideshare service vehicle
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsAjay Alfred, Alexander Willem Gerrese, Aakanksha Mirdha, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Grace Noh, Swarnakshi Kapil
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Abstract
A method for a video communication system for a rideshare system includes conducting at least a portion of a video communication session involving a passenger using at least one exterior audio/video component on an exterior surface of an AV dispatched to a designated location; and transferring the video communication session to at least one interior audio/video component on an interior of the AV.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- conducting a video communication session between a first user associated with a first vehicle of a rideshare services fleet and a second user associated with a second vehicle of the rideshare services fleet using a plurality of onboard audio/video components provided on the first and second vehicles, the conducting further comprising:
- presenting to the first user a first video portion of the video communication session and a first audio portion of the video communication session using at least a first one of the onboard audio/video components of the first vehicle installed on an interior of the first vehicle;
- capturing a second video portion of the video communication session and a second audio portion of the video communication session using at least a second one of the onboard audio/video components of the first vehicle installed on the interior of the first vehicle, wherein the second video portion comprises a video of the first user and the second audio portion comprises audio of the first user;
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- presenting to the second user the second video portion and the second audio using at least a first one of the onboard audio/video components of the second vehicle installed on an exterior of the second vehicle;
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- capturing the first video portion of the video communication session and the first audio portion of the video communication session using at least a second one of the onboard audio/video components of the second vehicle installed on the interior of the second vehicle, wherein the first video portion comprises a video of the second user and the first audio portion comprises audio of the second user.
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A method comprising:
- conducting a video communication session between a user and a third party using a plurality of onboard audio/video components provided on a vehicle dispatched to provide a rideshare service to the user;
- wherein the conducting further comprises:
- presenting to the user at least one of a first video portion of the video communication session and a first audio portion of the video communication session using a first one of the onboard audio/video components;
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- capturing at least one of a second video portion of the video communication session and a second audio portion of the video communication session using a second one of the onboard audio/video components, wherein the second video portion comprises a video of the user and the second audio portion comprises audio of the user;
- wherein the conducting further comprises presenting to the third party at least one of the second video portion and the second audio using a third one of the onboard audio/video components;
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- wherein the third onboard audio/video component comprises a high definition display on an exterior of the vehicle.
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A method comprising:
- conducting a video communication session between a passenger of a vehicle for providing a rideshare service to the passenger and a third party located outside the vehicle and proximate the vehicle using a plurality of onboard audio/video components provided on a vehicle dispatched to provide a rideshare service to the passenger;
- wherein the conducting further comprises:
- presenting to the passenger a first video portion of the video communication session and a first audio portion of the video communication session using at least a first one of the onboard audio/video components;
- capturing a second video portion of the video communication session and a second audio portion of the video communication session using at least a second one of the onboard audio/video components, where the second video portion comprises a video of the passenger and the second audio portion comprises audio of the passenger;
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- presenting to the third party the second video portion and the second audio using at least a third one of the onboard audio/video components of vehicle;
- wherein the first and second ones of the onboard audio/video components comprise interior onboard audio/video components provided in an interior of the vehicle and the third one of the onboard audio/video components comprises an exterior onboard audio/video component provided on an exterior of the vehicle.
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