Audible passenger announcements for autonomous vehicle services

    公开(公告)号:US11738645B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US17506912

    申请日:2021-10-21

    Applicant: Waymo LLC

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology relate to assisting a passenger in an autonomous vehicle without a driver. For instance, after a door of the vehicle is opened, a predetermined period of time may be waited by processors of computing devices of the vehicle. After waiting the predetermined period of time and when the vehicle's door remains open, a set of instructions for closing the vehicle's door may be played by the processors through a speaker of the vehicle. Once the door of the vehicle is closed, an announcement may be played by the processors through the speaker requesting that the passenger press a first button to initiate a ride to a destination. In response to the first button being pressed, the ride to the destination may be initiated by the processors by maneuvering the vehicle autonomously to the destination.

    Low Elevation Sidelobe Antenna with Fan-Shaped Beam

    公开(公告)号:US20230261389A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-17

    申请号:US18307929

    申请日:2023-04-27

    Applicant: Waymo LLC

    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to low elevation side lobe antennas with fan-shaped beams. An example radar unit may include a radiating plate having a first side and a second side with an illuminator, a waveguide horn, a waveguide opening, and a radiating sleeve extending into the first side of the radiating plate. The waveguide opening is positioned on the first end of the first side and the radiating sleeve is positioned on the second end of the first side. The radar unit also includes a metallic cover coupled to the first side of the radiating plate such that the metallic cover and the radiating plate form waveguide structures. The waveguide horn is configured to receive, from an external source, electromagnetic energy provided through the waveguide opening via a first waveguide and provide a portion of the electromagnetic energy to the illuminator via a second waveguide such that the portion of the electromagnetic energy radiates off the illuminator and through the radiating sleeve into an environment of the radar unit as one or more radar signals.

    Rear sensor housing
    185.
    外观设计

    公开(公告)号:USD995332S1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US29864378

    申请日:2022-05-25

    Applicant: Waymo LLC

    Abstract: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
    FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 3 is a back elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;
    FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;
    FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
    FIG. 9 is a front elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 10 is a back elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof;
    FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof;
    FIG. 15 is a front perspective view of a third embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
    FIG. 16 is a front elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 17 is a back elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 18 is a right side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 19 is a left side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 20 is a top plan view thereof;
    FIG. 21 is a bottom plan view thereof;
    FIG. 22 is a front perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
    FIG. 23 is a front elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 24 is a back elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 25 is a right side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 26 is a left side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 27 is a top plan view thereof;
    FIG. 28 is a bottom plan view thereof;
    FIG. 29 is a front perspective view of a fifth embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
    FIG. 30 is a front elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 31 is a back elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 32 is a right side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 33 is a left side elevation view thereof;
    FIG. 34 is a top plan view thereof; and,
    FIG. 35 is a bottom plan view thereof.
    The broken lines in the figures illustrate portions of the rear sensor housing that form no part of the claimed design.

    Superomniphobic bulk optical glass
    188.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11724955B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US16942632

    申请日:2020-07-29

    Applicant: Waymo LLC

    Inventor: John T. Simpson

    Abstract: A method for preparing an optically transparent, superomniphobic glass composition is described. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for preparing a glass composition, including heating a borosilicate glass comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide to form a phase-separated glass comprising an interpenetrating network of silicon oxide domains and boron oxide domains. The method includes removing at least a portion of the boron oxide domains from the phase-separated glass and depositing a hydrophobic silane to provide a porous glass having a hydrophobic silane layer disposed on a portion of the surface thereof, a total pore volume of 15-50 vol. %, and an average pore diameter of 20-300 nm. The method includes, within at least a portion of the volume of the porous glass, forming an aerogel precursor, and converting at least a portion of the aerogel precursor to an aerogel.

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