Adjustable automatic window tinting for autonomous vehicles
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsKenneth Ramon Ferguson, Samuel Harrison Glidden, Maximilian Gerrit Euchenhofer, Jeffrey Brandon, Michael Frank Schmidt
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination; transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass; during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination; and untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination;
- transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass;
- during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination;
- and
- untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value.
A method comprising:
- receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination;
- transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass a level of tint of which may be changed by applying an electrical signal thereto;
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- untinting the windows at least one of a predetermined time or a predetermined distance before the AV arrives at the destination.
A system comprising:
- an autonomous vehicle (AV) for providing transportation from a pick-up location to a destination, the AV having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass, wherein a tint level of the electrically switchable smart glass may be changed by applying an electrical signal thereto;
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- an adjustable automatic window tinting (AAWT) module for causing the windows to be untinted at least one of a predetermined time or a predetermined distance before the AV arrives at the destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.