Sensory stimulation system for an autonomous vehicle
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Sweeney, Emily Bartel
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Abstract
A sensory stimulation system for autonomous vehicle (AV) can monitor a set of maneuvers of the AV. Based on each respective maneuver, the sensory stimulation system can determine a set of sensory stimulation outputs to provide a rider of the AV with sensory indications of the respective maneuver. The sensory stimulation system can then output the set of sensory stimulation outputs via an interior output system.
Claims20
A sensory stimulation system for an autonomous vehicle (AV), the sensory stimulation system comprising:
- an output system;
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the sensory stimulation system to:
- monitor a set of maneuvers of the AV;
- based on each respective maneuver of the set, determine a set of sensory stimulation outputs to provide a rider of the AV with sensory indications of the respective maneuver;
- and
- output the set of sensory stimulation outputs via the output system;
- wherein the output system comprises a light bar within an interior of the AV, and wherein the set of sensory stimulation outputs comprise visual responses on the light bar to each of the set of maneuvers.
An autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:
- a sensor system to generate sensor data indicating a situational environment of the AV;
- acceleration, steering, and braking systems;
- and
- a control system comprising one or more processors and one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control system to:
- process the sensor data to autonomously control the acceleration, steering, and braking systems along a current route;
- monitor a set of maneuvers of the AV;
- based on each respective maneuver of the set, determine a set of sensory stimulation outputs to provide a rider of the AV with sensory indications of the respective maneuver;
- and
- output the set of sensory stimulation outputs via an output system of the AV;
- wherein the output system comprises a light bar within an interior of the AV, and wherein the set of sensory stimulation outputs comprise visual responses on the light bar to each of the set of maneuvers.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for providing sensory stimulation for one or more riders to indication motion of an autonomous vehicle (AV), wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- monitor a set of maneuvers of the AV;
- based on each respective maneuver of the set, determine a set of sensory stimulation outputs to provide a rider of the AV with sensory indications of the respective maneuver;
- and
- output the set of sensory stimulation outputs via an output system of the AV;
- wherein the output system comprises a light bar within an interior of the AV, and wherein the set of sensory stimulation outputs comprise visual responses on the light bar to each of the set of maneuvers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.