Shared trip platform for multi-vehicle passenger communication
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsJeffrey Brandon, Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Yifei Zhang
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Abstract
A fleet management system provides a shared trip platform that virtually connects multiple autonomous vehicles (AVs). Multiple AVs, each transporting at least one passenger, are connected in a shared trip. Each of the AVs provides an audio/video stream of the passenger compartment and a current location to a server. The shared trip platform provides a display in each of the AVs showing the current locations of the two AVs in the shared trip. The shared trip platform also transmits the audio/video streams to AVs connected in the shared trip, enabling a video chat between the passengers in the connected AVs.
Claims20
A system for providing real-time interaction between two autonomous vehicles (AVs) comprising:
- a trip sharing manager configured to:
- receive, from a first user traveling in a first AV of a fleet of AVs, a request to join a shared trip with a second user, the second user traveling in a second AV of the fleet of AVs;
- and
- in response to the request, connect the first AV and the second AV in a shared trip;
- a map module configured to provide a current location of the first AV to the second AV for display on an in-vehicle interface of the second AV;
- and
- an AV interface configured to:
- receive a real-time video stream from the first AV, the real-time video stream captured by a camera in a passenger compartment of the first AV;
- and
- provide the real-time video stream to the in-vehicle interface of the second AV.
A system for providing real-time interaction between two autonomous vehicles (AVs) comprising:
- a plurality of AVs, each AV of the plurality of AVs comprising:
- a location sensor system configured to determine a current location of the AV;
- at least one interior camera configured to capture images of a passenger of the AV;
- at least one interior microphone configured to capture audio of the passenger of the AV;
- and
- at least one interior display screen configured to provide an in-vehicle interface to the passenger of the AV;
- and
- a fleet management system configured to:
- receive an instruction to form a shared trip between a first AV and a second AV of the plurality of AVs;
- provide a map showing the current location of the first AV and the current location of the second AV to the in-vehicle interface of the second AV;
- receive an audio/video stream from the first AV, the audio/video stream comprising images captured by the at least one interior camera and audio captured by the at least one interior microphone;
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- provide the audio/video stream to the in-vehicle interface of the second AV.
A method for real-time interaction between two autonomous vehicles (AVs) comprising:
- receiving a request to form a shared trip between a first AV and a second AV of a fleet of AVs;
- receiving, from the first AV, a current location of the first AV determined by a location sensor system;
- providing a map showing the current location of the first AV and the current location of the second AV to an in-vehicle interface of the second AV;
- receiving an audio/video stream from the first AV, the audio/video stream comprising images captured by at least one interior camera of the first AV and audio captured by at least one interior microphone of the first AV;
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- providing the audio/video stream to the second AV, the second AV configured to output the audio/video stream on the in-vehicle interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.