Animal interaction based vehicle configuration
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsMatthew Marston Blunt, Jonathan David Salerno, Mary Elizabeth Mossey, Aaron Weast, Anton Alferness, Erik Robert Glaser, Kaitlyn Benoit
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Abstract
Some embodiments may provide a method for improving a vehicle's accessibility. A digital tag may be associated with the vehicle. Signals from the digital tag may be received. Based on the signals, information about a person and an animal may be inferred. The person may have a driver profile associated with the vehicle. The animal may be bearing the digital tag. Based on inferring from the information that the person may intend for the animal to occupy the vehicle, a setting of the vehicle may be modified.
Claims18
A method for operating a digital tag comprising:
- associating, by a control module of a vehicle, the digital tag with the vehicle;
- receiving, by the control module, signals from the digital tag;
- inferring, by the control module and based on the signals, information about a person having a driver profile associated with the vehicle and an animal bearing the digital tag;
- determining, via one or more sensors of the vehicle, a velocity or an acceleration of the digital tag;
- and
- modifying a setting associated with the digital tag based on the velocity or the acceleration of the digital tag.
A system including one or more computing devices, comprising:
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, the one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
- associate, by a control module, a digital tag with a vehicle;
- receive, by the control module, signals from the digital tag;
- infer, by the control module and based on the signals, information about a person having a driver profile associated with the vehicle and an animal bearing the digital tag;
- determine, via one or more sensors of the vehicle, a velocity or an acceleration of the digital tag;
- and
- modify a setting associated with the digital tag based on the determined velocity or the determined acceleration of the digital tag.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of one or more computing devices, cause the one or more processors to:
- associate, by a control module, a digital tag with a vehicle;
- receive, by the control module, signals from the digital tag;
- infer, by the control module and based on the signals, information about a person having a driver profile associated with the vehicle and an animal bearing the digital tag;
- determine, via one or more sensors of the vehicle, a velocity or an acceleration of the digital tag;
- and
- modify a setting associated with the digital tag based on the determined velocity or the determined acceleration of the digital tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.