# US 11,909,785 B2 · Video communications system for rideshare service vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,785 B2 - Document ID: US11909785B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/563,468 - Filed: 2021-12-28 - Published: 2023-03-30 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-27 - Assignees: GM Cruise Holdings LLC - Applicants: GM Cruise Holdings LLC - Inventors: Ajay Alfred; Alexander Willem Gerrese; Aakanksha Mirdha; Jeremy Stephen Juel; Grace Noh; Swarnakshi Kapil - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909785B2 ## CPC - H04L 65/403: Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - H04L 65/1069: Session establishment or de-establishment - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/53: using third party service providers - H04R 1/08: Mouthpieces; {Microphones;} Attachments therefor - H04R 2499/13: Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles - H04R 2499/15: Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second video portion comprises a video of the first user and the second audio portion comprises audio of the first user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second vehicles comprise autonomous vehicles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the onboard audio/video components of the first and second vehicles comprises at least one of a display, a speaker, a camera, and a microphone. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the onboard audio/video components of the first and second vehicles comprises an interior onboard audio/video component provided in interiors of the vehicles. ### Claim 6 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; and 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; and wherein the third onboard audio/video component comprises a high definition display on an exterior of the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein at least one of the onboard audio/video components comprises at least one of a display, a speaker, a camera, and a microphone. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein at least one of the onboard audio/video components comprises an interior onboard audio/video component provided in an interior of the vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one of the onboard audio/video components comprises an exterior onboard audio/video component provided on an exterior of the vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the conducting further comprises capturing at least one of the first video portion of the video communication session and the first audio portion of the video communication session using a third one of the onboard audio/video components. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the third party is a passenger in a second AV, the conducting further comprising presenting to the third party at least one of the second video portion and the second audio using an onboard audio/video component of the second vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the conducting further comprises capturing at least one of the first video portion of the video communication session and the first audio portion of the video communication session using a second onboard audio/video component of the second vehicle. ### Claim 13 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; and 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising capturing the least one of the second video portion of the video communication session and the second audio portion of the video communication session using a fourth one of the onboard audio/video components of the vehicle, wherein the fourth one of the onboard audio/video components comprises an exterior onboard audio/video component provided on an exterior of the vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the onboard audio/video components comprises at least one of a display, a speaker, a camera, and a microphone. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the third onboard audio/video component comprises a high definition display on an exterior of the vehicle.