Systems and Methods for Communicating Intent of an Autonomous Vehicle

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, data associated with a motion for an autonomous vehicle;
• determining, by the computing system and based at least in part on the data associated with the motion of the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of intents of the autonomous vehicle indicating that the autonomous vehicle is planning motion actions in response to a plurality of events;
• selecting, by the computing system, from amongst the plurality of intents, an intent of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a predetermined hierarchy that indicates a relationship between the plurality of events;
• determining, by the computing system, that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to a passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• responsive to determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to the passenger, providing, by the computing system for display via a graphical interface, data indicative of the intent of the autonomous vehicle for viewing.

A computing system comprising

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving data associated with a motion for an autonomous vehicle;
• determining, based at least in part on the data associated with the motion of the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of intents of the autonomous vehicle indicating that the autonomous vehicle is planning motion actions in response to a plurality of events;
• selecting, from amongst the plurality of intents, an intent of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a predetermined hierarchy that indicates a relationship between the plurality of events;
• determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to a passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• responsive to determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to the passenger, providing, for display via a graphical interface, data indicative of the intent of the autonomous vehicle for viewing.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that collectively store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving data associated with a motion for an autonomous vehicle;
• determining, based at least in part on the data associated with the motion of the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of intents of the autonomous vehicle indicating that the autonomous vehicle is planning motion actions in response to a plurality of events;
• selecting, from amongst the plurality of intents, an intent of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a predetermined hierarchy that indicates a relationship between the plurality of events;
• determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to a passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• responsive to determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to the passenger, providing, for display via a graphical interface, data indicative of the intent of the autonomous vehicle for viewing.