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US 11,959,761 B1Granted
Passenger profiles for autonomous vehicles
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDarren Ernest Canavor, Erik Resch Parker, Allan Scott Bathurst, Marshall Friend Tappen
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing passenger profiles for autonomous vehicles. A passenger of the autonomous vehicle is identified. A passenger profile corresponding to the passenger and comprising a passenger preference is identified. The passenger preference is identified. A configuration setting of the autonomous vehicle corresponding to autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle is then adjusted based at least in part on the passenger preference.
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An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- obtain, from at least one of the plurality of sensors, information associated with a passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the information associated with the passenger, an identity of the passenger;
- identify a vehicle profile for the autonomous vehicle, wherein the vehicle profile includes a plurality of rules specifying a plurality of configurable settings of the autonomous vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the identity of the passenger, a passenger profile corresponding to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the passenger profile corresponding to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle, a first rule from the plurality of rules of the vehicle profile that specifies a first configurable setting of the autonomous vehicle to be enforced during autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- configure the first configurable setting of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the first rule, such that the first rule is enforced during autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle.
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An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least:
- identify a vehicle profile for the autonomous vehicle, wherein the vehicle profile includes a plurality of rules specifying a plurality of configurable settings of the autonomous vehicle;
- obtain information associated with a passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the information associated with the passenger, a passenger profile corresponding to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
- identify, based at least in part on the passenger profile, a rule from the plurality of rules of the vehicle profile that specifies a first configurable setting of the autonomous vehicle to be enforced during autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- configure the first configurable setting of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the first rule, such that the first rule is enforced during autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle.
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A method, comprising:
- obtaining information associated with a passenger within a passenger cabin of an autonomous vehicle;
- determining, based at least in part on the information associated with the passenger, a passenger profile corresponding to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
- determining, based at least in part on the passenger profile corresponding to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle, a class of passengers to which the passenger belongs;
- determining, based at least in part on the class of passengers to which the passenger belongs, a first rule from a plurality of rules included in a vehicle profile that specifies a configurable setting of the autonomous vehicle to be enforced during autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- configuring the configurable setting of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the first rule, such that the first rule is enforced during autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.