External facing communications for autonomous vehicles
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsMaria Moon, Philip Nemec, Ryan Powell, Bruce Mai
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide for displaying notifications on a display of an autonomous vehicle 100. In one instance, a distance from the vehicle to a destination of the vehicle or a passenger may be determined. When the distance is between a first distance and a second distance, a first notification 650 may be displayed on the display. The second distance may be less than the first distance. When the distance is less than the second distance, a second notification 660 may be displayed on the display. The second notification provides additional information not provided by the first notification.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- maneuvering, by one or more processors, an autonomous vehicle towards a destination;
- receiving, by the one or more processors, information indicating a level of traffic congestion in the autonomous vehicle's environment;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a first threshold distance based on the level of traffic congestion indicated by the received information;
- and
- displaying, by the one or more processors on a display mounted on the autonomous vehicle, a first notification in response to the autonomous vehicle reaching the first threshold distance from the destination.
An autonomous vehicle comprising:
- a display mounted on the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- maneuver the autonomous vehicle towards a destination;
- receive information indicating a level of traffic congestion in the autonomous vehicle's environment;
- determine a first threshold distance based on the level of traffic congestion indicated by the received information;
- and
- display, on the display, a first notification in response to the autonomous vehicle reaching the first threshold distance from the destination.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors of a computing device to perform a method comprising;
- maneuvering an autonomous vehicle towards a destination;
- receiving information indicating a level of traffic congestion in the autonomous vehicle's environment;
- determining a first threshold distance based on the level of traffic congestion indicated by the received information;
- and
- displaying, on a display mounted on the autonomous vehicle, a first notification in response to the autonomous vehicle reaching the first threshold distance from the destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.