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US 12,728,801 B2Granted
Sensor pod with user interface
AssigneeKodiak Robotics, Inc.
InventorAndreas Wendel
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Abstract
An autonomous vehicle includes a sensor pod having a mirror, a connecting assembly extending between the sensor pod and the autonomous vehicle, and a user interface provided on the sensor pod. The user interface is configured to provide two-way communication between a local user and a remote user.
Claims23
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor pod having a mirror and one or more sensors, the sensor pod being external to the autonomous vehicle;
- a connecting assembly extending between the sensor pod and the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- a user interface provided on the sensor pod,
- wherein the sensor pod is configured to:
- detect a presence of a local user in front of the user interface of the sensor pod external to the autonomous vehicle with at least one of the one or more sensors, the local user being a human;
- upon detecting the presence of the local user in front of the user interface of the sensor pod external to the autonomous vehicle, initiate, with the user interface, two-way communication between the local user and a remote user;
- provide access to one or more systems of the autonomous vehicle to the remote user through the two-way communication;
- and
- interrogate the one or more systems of the autonomous vehicle through the two-way communication.
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A sensor pod configured to be coupled to an exterior of a vehicle, the sensor pod comprising:
- a forward facing surface and a rearward facing surface;
- a mirror located on the rearward facing surface;
- one or more sensors;
- and
- a user interface having a display surface, the display surface located on the rearward facing surface,
- wherein the sensor pod is configured to:
- detect a presence of a local user in front of the user interface of the sensor pod external to the vehicle with at least one of the one or more sensors, the local user being a human;
- and
- upon detecting the presence of the local user in front of the user interface of the sensor pod external to the vehicle, initiate, with the user interface, two-way communication between the local user and a remote user;
- provide access to one or more systems of the vehicle to the remote user through the two-way communication;
- and
- interrogate the one or more systems of the vehicle through the two-way communication.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.