External facing communications for autonomous vehicles
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsMaria Moon, Philip Nemec, Ryan Powell, Bruce Mai
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide for displaying notifications on a display of an autonomous vehicle 100. In one instance, a distance from the vehicle to a destination of the vehicle or a passenger may be determined. When the distance is between a first distance and a second distance, a first notification 650 may be displayed on the display. The second distance may be less than the first distance. When the distance is less than the second distance, a second notification 660 may be displayed on the display. The second notification provides additional information not provided by the first notification.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors of a vehicle, instructions for the vehicle to travel to a first location while operating in an autonomous driving mode to pick up a passenger;
- in response to the instructions, controlling, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to travel to the first location;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a distance in time or space from the first location based on a context in which the vehicle is currently driving;
- determining, by the one or more processors, content for display based on the context in which the vehicle is currently driving;
- and
- when the vehicle reaches the distance, displaying, by the one or more processors on a display of the vehicle, the determined content.
A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous driving mode, the vehicle comprising:
- a display;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive instructions for the vehicle to travel to a first location while operating in the autonomous driving mode to pick up a passenger;
- in response to the instructions, control the vehicle to travel to the first location;
- determine a distance in time or space from the first location based on a context in which the vehicle is currently driving;
- determine content for display based on the context in which the vehicle is currently driving;
- and
- when the vehicle reaches the distance, display, on a display of the vehicle, the determined content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.