Traffic situation awareness for an autonomous vehicle
First Claim
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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Abstract
The disclosure includes embodiments for providing traffic situation awareness for a driver of an autonomous vehicle. In some embodiments, the autonomous vehicle is a highly autonomous vehicle (HAV). A method implemented by the HAV includes, according to some embodiments, analyzing external sensor data recorded by one or more external sensors of the HAV to identify a traffic situation. The external sensor data describes one or more measurements of a physical environment external to the HAV. The method includes generating graphical data describing visual feedback that visually depicts information describing the traffic situation. The method includes providing the graphical data to an interface device to cause the interface device to display the visual feedback. The interface device is communicatively coupled to the HAV and operable to receive the graphical data from the processor of the HAV. The visual feedback provides the traffic situation awareness to the driver of the HAV.
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20 Claims
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1. A method implemented by a highly autonomous vehicle (HAV), the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system of a highly autonomous vehicle (HAV), the system comprising:
an onboard vehicle computer system including a non-transitory memory storing computer code which, when executed by the onboard vehicle computer system causes the onboard vehicle computer system to; analyze 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; determine, 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; generate graphical data describing visual feedback that visually depicts information describing the traffic situation; generate 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 provide, 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. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory memory of an onboard vehicle computer system of a highly autonomous vehicle (HAV) storing computer-executable code that, when executed by the onboard vehicle computer system, causes the onboard vehicle computer system to:
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analyze 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; determine, 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; generate graphical data describing visual feedback that visually depicts information describing the traffic situation; generate 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 provide, 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. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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