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US 2024/0249651 A1Published application
Visual communication system
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsRalph Hamilton Shepard, Pierre-Yves Droz, Simon Verghese
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Abstract
This technology relates to a display mounted messaging system. The display mounted messaging system may include a light emitting diode (LED) display attached to a housing of a sensor. The housing of the sensor may rotate. The display mounted messaging system may also include an LED controller which is configured to selectively activate and deactivate at least one LED in the LED display, to provide a message in the direction of an intended recipient.
Claims20
A directional display comprising:
- a light emitting diode (LED) display including a plurality of LEDS;
- a computing device including one or more processors configured to selectively activate or deactivate each of the plurality of LEDs, wherein each of the plurality of LEDs is configured to output light when activated;
- and
- one or more lenses positioned in front of the plurality of LEDs and configured to receive the light outputted by the activated LEDs and redirect the light along one or more axes.
1 more element
A directional display comprising:
- a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDS) configured to output light;
- a computing device including one or more processors configured to selectively activate or deactivate each of the plurality of LEDs, wherein each of the plurality of LEDs is configured to output light when activated;
- a plurality of lenses;
- a motor;
- and
- one or more supports along which the motor controls movement of the plurality of lenses or the plurality of LEDs to direct the light along one or more axes.
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A method comprising:
- selectively activating or deactivating, by one or more processors of a directional display, each of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDS) of the directional display, wherein each of the plurality of LEDs outputs light when activated;
- and
- control, by the one or more processors, movement of a plurality of lenses of the directional display or the plurality of LEDs along one or more supports of the directional display to direct the light along one or more axes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.