Autonomous vehicle guidance authority framework

    公开(公告)号:US11726473B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US16184958

    申请日:2018-11-08

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 G05D1/0212

    Abstract: A vehicle may include an authority tracker to grant and/or limit authority to provide guidance to the vehicle. The authority tracker may store a state in a memory identifying an actor that currently has the authority. An actor requesting to have authority to provide guidance to the vehicle may transmit a control message to the authority tracker which may, in turn, authorize or deny the request based on a policy. The authority tracker may periodically, and/or in response to a request, broadcast a state message identifying the actor that currently has authority, as recorded in the memory.

    User interface for remote vehicle monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US11675349B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17107570

    申请日:2020-11-30

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques for providing a user interface for remote vehicle monitoring and/or control include presenting a digital representation of an environment and a vehicle as it traverses the environment on a first portion of a display and presenting on a second portion of the display a communication interface that is configured to provide communication with multiple people. The communication interface may enable communications between a remote operator and any number of occupants of the vehicle, other operators (e.g., other remote operators or in-vehicle operators), and/or people in an environment around the vehicle. The user interface may additionally include controls to adjust components of the vehicle, and the controls may be presented on a third portion of the display. Furthermore, the user interface may include a vehicle status interface that provides information associated with a current state of the vehicle.

    USER INTERFACE FOR REMOTE VEHICLE MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20240142991A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18144095

    申请日:2023-05-05

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G05D1/223 G05D1/224 G05D1/2244 G05D1/692

    Abstract: Techniques for providing a user interface for remote vehicle monitoring and/or control include presenting a digital representation of an environment and a vehicle as it traverses the environment on a first portion of a display and presenting on a second portion of the display a communication interface that is configured to provide communication with multiple people. The communication interface may enable communications between a remote operator and any number of occupants of the vehicle, other operators (e.g., other remote operators or in-vehicle operators), and/or people in an environment around the vehicle. The user interface may additionally include controls to adjust components of the vehicle, and the controls may be presented on a third portion of the display. Furthermore, the user interface may include a vehicle status interface that provides information associated with a current state of the vehicle.

    AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE GUIDANCE AUTHORITY FRAMEWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20200150653A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-14

    申请号:US16184958

    申请日:2018-11-08

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    Abstract: A vehicle may include an authority tracker to grant and/or limit authority to provide guidance to the vehicle. The authority tracker may store a state in a memory identifying an actor that currently has the authority. An actor requesting to have authority to provide guidance to the vehicle may transmit a control message to the authority tracker which may, in turn, authorize or deny the request based on a policy. The authority tracker may periodically, and/or in response to a request, broadcast a state message identifying the actor that currently has authority, as recorded in the memory.

    Vehicle control and guidance
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11467573B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US16457654

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    Abstract: A vehicle computing system may identify a scenario in an environment that violates an operating constraint. The vehicle computing system may request remote guidance from a guidance system of a service computing device. The vehicle computing system may receive input from the guidance system including one or more waypoints and/or associated orientations for the vehicle to navigate through the scenario. The vehicle computing system may be configured to validate the input. A validation may include processing the input to determine whether the waypoint(s) and/or orientation(s) associated therewith may cause the vehicle to violate a safety protocol. Based on a determination that the input will not cause the vehicle to violate the safety protocol, the vehicle computing system may control the vehicle according to the input, such as by causing a drive system to operate the vehicle to each waypoint at the associated orientation.

    USER INTERFACE FOR REMOTE VEHICLE MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20220171382A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17107570

    申请日:2020-11-30

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques for providing a user interface for remote vehicle monitoring and/or control include presenting a digital representation of an environment and a vehicle as it traverses the environment on a first portion of a display and presenting on a second portion of the display a communication interface that is configured to provide communication with multiple people. The communication interface may enable communications between a remote operator and any number of occupants of the vehicle, other operators (e.g., other remote operators or in-vehicle operators), and/or people in an environment around the vehicle. The user interface may additionally include controls to adjust components of the vehicle, and the controls may be presented on a third portion of the display. Furthermore, the user interface may include a vehicle status interface that provides information associated with a current state of the vehicle.

    Display screen or portion thereof having a graphical user interface

    公开(公告)号:USD1019702S1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US29845318

    申请日:2022-07-06

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    Abstract: A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyright rights whatsoever.
    FIG. 1 is a front view of a display screen or portion thereof having a graphical user interface; and,
    FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the portion marked 2 in FIG. 1.
    The dot-dashed broken lines depict a boundary of the display screen or portion thereof or a boundary on the display screen and form no part of the claimed design. The dashed broken lines depict portions of the display screen or portion thereof having a graphical user interface which form no part of the claimed design.

    REMOTE VEHICLE GUIDANCE
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240012419A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18447516

    申请日:2023-08-10

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    Abstract: A vehicle computing system may identify an obstruction along a route of travel and may connect to a service computing device for guidance. The service computing device may include a guidance system configured to receive waypoint and/or orientation input from an operator. The operator may evaluate the scenario and determine one or more waypoints and/or associated orientations for the vehicle to navigate the scenario. In some examples, the guidance system may validate the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s). The service computing device may send the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s) to the vehicle computing system. The vehicle computing system may validate the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s) and, based on the validation, control the vehicle according to the input. Based on a determination that the vehicle has navigated the scenario, the guidance system may release vehicle guidance back to the vehicle computing system.

    Remote vehicle guidance
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11768493B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US16457646

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Applicant: Zoox, Inc.

    Abstract: A vehicle computing system may identify an obstruction along a route of travel and may connect to a service computing device for guidance. The service computing device may include a guidance system configured to receive waypoint and/or orientation input from an operator. The operator may evaluate the scenario and determine one or more waypoints and/or associated orientations for the vehicle to navigate the scenario. In some examples, the guidance system may validate the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s). The service computing device may send the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s) to the vehicle computing system. The vehicle computing system may validate the waypoint(s) and/or associated orientation(s) and, based on the validation, control the vehicle according to the input. Based on a determination that the vehicle has navigated the scenario, the guidance system may release vehicle guidance back to the vehicle computing system.

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