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US 11,922,829 B2Granted
Visual communication system
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsRalph Hamilton Shepard, Pierre-Yves Droz, Simon Verghese
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Abstract
This technology relates to a display mounted messaging system. The display mounted messaging system may include a light emitting diode (LED) display attached to a housing of a sensor. The housing of the sensor may rotate. The display mounted messaging system may also include an LED controller which is configured to selectively activate and deactivate at least one LED in the LED display, to provide a message in the direction of an intended recipient.
Claims23
A display mounted messaging system, the system comprising:
- a light emitting diode (LED) display attached to a rotating housing of a sensor, the LED display including at least one LED;
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- a computing device including one or more processors configured to (1) control a signaling system including one or more lights to provide information to surrounding subjects and (2) when the signaling system fails to provide the information, control the LED display to selectively activate or deactivate the at least one LED to provide the information.
A method comprising:
- controlling, by one or more processors, a signaling system and a visual notification system, wherein the signaling system is configured to provide information to surrounding subjects, and the visual notification system includes a light emitting diode (LED) display attached to a rotating housing of a sensor for displaying messages;
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- when the signaling system fails to signal the information, activating and deactivating, by the one or more processors, individual LEDs of the LED display to signal the information.
A vehicle comprising:
- a rotating housing of a sensor;
- a light emitting diode (LED) display attached to the rotating housing, the LED display including at least one LED;
- a signaling system including one or more lights;
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- a computing device including one or more processors configured to (1) control the signaling system to provide information indicating the vehicle's intent to other drivers or vehicles and (2) when the signaling system fails to provide the information, control the LED display to selectively activate or deactivate the at least one LED to provide the information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.