US 2019/0197325 A1 · METHOD FOR MONITORING AN INTERIOR STATE OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

Abstract

One variation of a method for monitoring an interior state of an autonomous vehicle includes: at the autonomous vehicle, recording a pre-ride image of an interior of the autonomous vehicle prior to initiating a ride; following completion of the ride, recording a post-ride image of the interior of the autonomous vehicle; detecting a region of the post-ride image differing from the pre-ride image, the region of the post-ride image representing a change in the interior of the autonomous vehicle following occupancy of the autonomous vehicle by a user; classifying a type of an object depicted in the region of the post-ride image based on features extracted from the region of the post-ride image; and in response to classifying the object depicted in the region of the post-ride image as a personal item, serving a prompt to the user to retrieve the object from the autonomous vehicle.

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A method for monitoring an interior state of an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:

at the autonomous vehicle, recording a pre-ride image of an interior of the autonomous vehicle prior to initiating a ride;
following completion of the ride, recording a post-ride image of the interior of the autonomous vehicle;
detecting a region of the post-ride image differing from the pre-ride image, the region of the post-ride image representing a change in the interior of the autonomous vehicle following occupancy of the autonomous vehicle by a user;
classifying a type of an object depicted in the region of the post-ride image based on features extracted from the region of the post-ride image;
and
in response to classifying the object depicted in the region of the post-ride image as a personal item, serving a prompt to the user to retrieve the object from the autonomous vehicle.

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A method for monitoring an interior state of an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:

at the autonomous vehicle, recording a pre-ride image of an interior of the autonomous vehicle prior to entry of a user into the autonomous vehicle;
in response to the user exiting the autonomous vehicle following arrival at a destination specified by the user, recording a post-ride image of the interior of the autonomous vehicle;
comparing the post-ride image to the pre-ride image to identify a region of the post-ride image representing a change in the interior of the autonomous vehicle following occupancy of the user in the autonomous vehicle;
implementing an object model to classify an object depicted in the region of the post-ride image as one of an electronic device, a bag, and waste;
in response to classifying the object depicted in the region of the post-ride image as an electronic device, rendering a prompt on an exterior display of the autonomous vehicle to return to the autonomous vehicle to collect the electronic device from the autonomous vehicle;
in response to classifying the object depicted in the region of the post-ride image as a bag, transmitting an electronic notification to a mobile computing device associated with the user, the electronic notification comprising a prompt to retrieve the bag from the autonomous vehicle;
and
in response to classifying the object depicted in the region of the post-ride image as waste, dispatching the autonomous vehicle to a cleanup location.

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Method for monitoring an interior state of an autonomous vehicle

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