External indication handling for autonomous driving systems
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorVijaysai Patnaik
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Abstract
A method includes detecting, by a sensing system of an autonomous vehicle (AV) executing a trip from a first location to a second location, a signal to stop the AV, determining, in response to the signal, that the AV is to be stopped for a roadside inspection, and causing a vehicle control system of the AV to stop the AV at a third location to allow the roadside inspection to be performed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, using a sensing system of an autonomous vehicle (AV) executing a trip from a first location to a second location, a signal to stop the AV;
- in response to the signal, determining, by at least one processing device of the AV, that the AV is to be stopped for a roadside inspection of the AV by an authorized inspection entity;
- causing, by the at least one processing device of the AV, a vehicle control system of the AV to stop the AV at a third location determined to be suitable to perform the roadside inspection;
- and
- causing, by the at least one processing device of the AV, the vehicle control system of the AV to perform an operation that initiates a communication session between one or more communications systems of the AV and a device of the authorized inspection entity conducting the roadside inspection, and to provide, via the communication session, information required for the roadside inspection from the one or more communications systems of the AV to the device of the authorized inspection entity conducting the roadside inspection.
A system for an autonomous vehicle (AV), comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- at least one processing device of the AV, coupled to the memory device, to perform operations comprising:
- detecting, using a sensing system of the AV executing a trip from a first location to a second location, a signal to stop the AV;
- determining, in response to the signal, that the AV is to be stopped for a roadside inspection of the AV by an authorized inspection entity;
- causing a vehicle control system of the AV to stop the AV at a third location determined to be suitable to perform the roadside inspection;
- and
- causing the vehicle control system of the AV to perform an operation that initiates a communication session between one or more communications systems of the AV and a device of the authorized inspection entity conducting the roadside inspection, and to provide, via the communication session, information required for the roadside inspection from the one or more communications systems of the AV to the device of the authorized inspection entity conducting the roadside inspection.
A non-transitory device-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processing device of an autonomous vehicle (AV), cause the at least one processing device of the AV to perform operations comprising:
- detecting, using a sensing system of the AV executing a trip from a first location to a second location, a signal to stop the AV;
- determining, in response to the signal, that the AV is to be stopped for a roadside inspection of the AV by an authorized inspection entity;
- causing a vehicle control system of the AV to stop the AV at a third location determined to be suitable to perform the roadside inspection;
- and
- causing the vehicle control system of the AV to perform an operation that initiates a communication session between one or more communications systems of the AV and a device of the authorized inspection entity conducting the roadside inspection, and to provide, via the communication session, information required for the roadside inspection from the one or more communications systems of the AV to the device of the authorized inspection entity conducting the roadside inspection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.