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Traffic situation awareness for an autonomous vehicle

  • US 10,083,547 B1
  • Filed: 05/23/2017
  • Issued: 09/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented by a highly autonomous vehicle (HAV), the method comprising:

  • analyzing external sensor data recorded by one or more external sensors of the HAV to identify a traffic situation, wherein the external sensor data describes one or more measurements of a physical environment external to the HAV;

    determining, based on internal sensor data, view type data describing a view type for a driver of the HAV, wherein the view type is a forward-looking view type or a non-forward looking view type;

    generating graphical data describing visual feedback that visually depicts information describing the traffic situation;

    generating position data describing a position where the visual feedback is displayed in an electronic display of an interface device based on the internal sensor data and the view type data; and

    providing, by a processor of the HAV, the position data and the graphical data to the interface device to cause the interface device to display the visual feedback at the position described by the position data, wherein the interface device is communicatively coupled to the HAV and operable to receive the graphical data from the processor of the HAV.

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