ACCESSIBILITY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS/SEMI-AUTONOMOUS DRIVING

    公开(公告)号:US20200156663A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16611367

    申请日:2017-06-30

    Abstract: Apparatus, method and computer readable medium associated with autonomous/semi-autonomous driving (AD/Semi-AD) are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may comprise an accessibility engine disposed in an AD/semi-AD vehicle to control accessibility elements of the vehicle. The accessibility engine may be configured to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors disposed in the vehicle, and determine a specific spot for the vehicle to stop at a destination for a passenger or driver to ingress or egress the vehicle, based at least in part on the sensor data and a model of the vehicle that includes information about accessibility elements of the vehicle, including determination of accessibility needs of the passenger or driver based at least in part on at least some of the sensor data. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

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