Human Supervision of an Automated Driving System

    公开(公告)号:US20190004522A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US15638739

    申请日:2017-06-30

    Inventor: Noah Zych

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that enable human supervision of a highly capable automated driving system. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure enable a human (e.g., a passenger, driver/operator, or remote supervisor of an autonomous vehicle) to easily and quickly transition control of the autonomous vehicle from a primary motion plan that controls the vehicle towards a primary destination to a secondary motion plan that controls the vehicle to a safe state. As such, the systems and methods of the present disclosure enable advanced human supervision of autonomous vehicle behavior in which a human can cause an autonomous vehicle to operate in a risk-reduced manner or otherwise maneuver to a safe state, without requiring the human to actually assume manual control of the vehicle.

    Transport facilitation system for configuring a service vehicle for a user

    公开(公告)号:US11548457B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16988059

    申请日:2020-08-07

    Inventor: Noah Zych

    Abstract: A transport facilitation system can receive a pick-up request from a computing device of a user of a transportation arrangement service, the pick-up request comprising a unique identifier and a pick-up location. Using the unique identifier, the system can perform a lookup in a database for a profile indicating vehicle setup preferences for the user, and select a service vehicle to service the pick-up request. The system can further determine a seat assignment within the service vehicle for the user, and based on the vehicle setup preferences indicated in the profile, the system transmit a set of configuration instructions to the service vehicle, the set of configuration instructions to configure one or more adjustable components of the service vehicle for the user.

    COORDINATING TRANSPORT THROUGH A COMMON RENDEZVOUS LOCATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190178656A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16212983

    申请日:2018-12-07

    Abstract: A network computing system can maximize throughput for a common rendezvous location by determining estimated times of arrival (ETAs) to the common rendezvous location for matched users and/or the transport providers. Based on the ETAs of each of the transport providers, the computing system can generate a dynamic queue comprising the transport providers for the common rendezvous location, and manage the dynamic queue by sequentially routing the transport providers through the common rendezvous location. The computing system can further dynamically adjust the queue based on changes to the ETAs.

    Location Based Vehicle Headlight Control
    17.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190176684A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US15907906

    申请日:2018-02-28

    Inventor: Noah Zych

    Abstract: Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices for operating an autonomous vehicle are provided. For example, a method can include receiving sensor data based at least in part on sensor outputs from sensors of an autonomous vehicle. The sensor outputs can be based at least in part on a state of the autonomous vehicle and an environment including one or more objects. A plurality of spatial relations can be determined based on the sensor data. The plurality of spatial relations can include the position of the autonomous vehicle with respect to the one or more objects. A headlight configuration for headlights of the autonomous vehicle can be determined, based on the plurality of spatial relations. The headlight configuration can specify headlight states for each of the headlights. A set of the one or more headlights can be activated, based on the headlight configuration.

    Human Supervision of an Automated Driving System

    公开(公告)号:US20190094868A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16202488

    申请日:2018-11-28

    Inventor: Noah Zych

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that enable human supervision of a highly capable automated driving system. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure enable a human (e.g., a passenger, driver/operator, or remote supervisor of an autonomous vehicle) to easily and quickly transition control of the autonomous vehicle from a primary motion plan that controls the vehicle towards a primary destination to a secondary motion plan that controls the vehicle to a safe state. As such, the systems and methods of the present disclosure enable advanced human supervision of autonomous vehicle behavior in which a human can cause an autonomous vehicle to operate in a risk-reduced manner or otherwise maneuver to a safe state, without requiring the human to actually assume manual control of the vehicle.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SCENARIO EVALUATION AND INTENDED VEHICLE ACTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20190056741A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:US15678675

    申请日:2017-08-16

    Inventor: Noah Zych

    Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating autonomous vehicle operations are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining data associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes identifying an object within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle or a planned vehicle motion action of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining an audible vehicle indication that is associated with the identified object or the planned vehicle motion action. The audible vehicle indication is indicative of a type of the object or a type of the planned vehicle motion. The method includes outputting, via one or more output devices onboard the autonomous vehicle, the audible vehicle indication.

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