Systems and methods for autonomous vehicles

M Tremblay - US Patent 11,971,714, 2024 - Google Patents
An autonomous vehicle configured to facilitate its use and/or enhance what it and/or
occupants can do with it, such as, for example, by: autonomously acting based on events …

Methods for communicating state, intent, and context of an autonomous vehicle

C Reiley, D Espinel, R Wistort, M Paris - US Patent 11,079,765, 2021 - Google Patents
One variation of a method for communicating state, intent, and context of an autonomous
vehicle includes: at a first time, displaying a first icon representing a current state of a vehicle …

Vehicle situation determination device and vehicle situation determination method

T Tokuhiro, I Yamane, S Fukumoto - US Patent 10,836,392, 2020 - Google Patents
A vehicle situation determination device includes an input unit and a controller. The input
unit receives information about a recognition result of recognizing one or a plurality of …

Method for visualizing a crossing over a road

F Stein - US Patent 11,305,688, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for visualizing a crossing over a road for a road user wanting to
cross the road. At least one vehicle driving on the road stops and projects an image pattern …

Notification device

J Morimura, T Kuriyama - US Patent 10,821,891, 2020 - Google Patents
A notification device includes: a notification-sound output portion provided in a vehicle and
configured to output a notification sound toward the outside of the vehicle; a notification …

Systems and methods for communicating a machine intent

CJ Alexander - US Patent 11,001,196, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods communicate an intent of an autonomous vehicle externally.
In one implementation, traffic object (s) approaching an intersection towards which an …

Systems and methods for hedging for different gaps in an interaction zone

UD Gupta, S Aine, M Levihn, TP Barron… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
US11614739B2 - Systems and methods for hedging for different gaps in an interaction zone
- Google Patents US11614739B2 - Systems and methods for hedging for different gaps in …

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium

H Tamura, M Taguchi - US Patent 11,244,562, 2022 - Google Patents
US11244562B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and
recording medium - Google Patents US11244562B2 - Information processing apparatus …

Notifications from an autonomous vehicle to a driver

K Vogt, O Cameron - US Patent 11,981,345, 2024 - Google Patents
An autonomous vehicle (AV) implements a notification system that provides notifications to
user devices in nearby vehicles to alert drivers of the nearby vehicles of the AV's planned …

Autonomous driving vehicle information presentation apparatus

Y Mimura, Y Tsuchiya, T Oshima… - US Patent App. 17 …, 2021 - Google Patents
In an autonomous driving vehicle information presentation apparatus, an estimation unit
estimates a scheduled path for a host vehicle M. A prediction unit predicts a scheduled path …