Emergency vehicle interactions using external triggers
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsAnuj Kaul, Kunal Roy
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Abstract
The subject disclosure relates to technologies for vehicle interactions with emergency vehicles. A process of the disclosed technologies can include steps for receiving a command from an emergency vehicle identifying an autonomous vehicle and initiating actions to cause the autonomous vehicle identified by the emergency vehicle to obey the command.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a first device of a computing system and from an emergency vehicle, a command including an identifier associated with an autonomous vehicle and one or more instructions specifying an action;
- relaying, to a second device of the computing system via a private API, the command, the private API being configured to self-authenticate the first device as a trusted source;
- and
- relaying, by the second device, the command to the autonomous vehicle based on the command and the identifier, the command causing the autonomous vehicle to execute the action.
A computing system comprising:
- a first device including:
- a communications unit:
- a storage unit storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the communications unit and the storage unit, the at least one processor being configured to execute the instructions to:
- receive, from an emergency vehicle, a command including an identifier associated with an autonomous vehicle and one or more instructions specifying an action;
- and
- relay, to a second device via a private API, the command, the private API being configured to self-authenticate the first device as a trusted source;
- the second device including:
- a communications unit:
- a storage unit storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the communications unit and the storage unit, the at least one processor being configured to execute the instructions to:
- relay the command to the autonomous vehicle based on the command and the identifier, the command causing the autonomous vehicle to execute the action.
A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at a first device of a computing system and from an emergency vehicle, a command including an identifier associated with an autonomous vehicle and one or more instructions specifying an action;
- relaying, to a second device of the computing system via a private API, the command, the private API being configured to self-authenticate the first device as a trusted source;
- and
- relaying, by the second device, the command to the autonomous vehicle based on the command and the identifier, the command causing the autonomous vehicle to execute the action.
The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein confirming the action includes:
- authenticating the command;
- and
- in response to authenticating the command, providing a permission to the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle executes the action based on the permission and the command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.