Self-driving vehicle systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method of using a vehicle management system to operate a self-driving vehicle, wherein the vehicle management system is configured to be communicatively coupled with a remote computing device configured to operate software adapted to enable a user to control behaviors of the self-driving vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling communicatively, by the vehicle management system, the remote computing device to the self-driving vehicle;
determining, by the vehicle management system, that the user is not located at a pick-up location; and
sending, by the vehicle management system, a notification to an emergency contact in response to determining, by the vehicle management system, that the user is not located at the pick-up location.
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Abstract
Self-driving vehicles have unlimited potential to learn and predict human behavior and perform actions accordingly. Vehicle management systems can be configured to help govern self-driving vehicles. A vehicle management system can communicatively couple a self-driving vehicle to a remote computing device of a user of the vehicle. Losing communication with the remote computing device can cause the vehicle management system to take actions designed to safeguard the user.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of using a vehicle management system to operate a self-driving vehicle, wherein the vehicle management system is configured to be communicatively coupled with a remote computing device configured to operate software adapted to enable a user to control behaviors of the self-driving vehicle, the method comprising:
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coupling communicatively, by the vehicle management system, the remote computing device to the self-driving vehicle; determining, by the vehicle management system, that the user is not located at a pick-up location; and sending, by the vehicle management system, a notification to an emergency contact in response to determining, by the vehicle management system, that the user is not located at the pick-up location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of using a vehicle management system to operate a self-driving vehicle, wherein the vehicle management system is configured to be communicatively coupled with a remote computing device configured to operate software adapted to enable a user to control behaviors of the self-driving vehicle, the method comprising:
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coupling communicatively, by the vehicle management system, the remote computing device to the self-driving vehicle; sending, by the vehicle management system, a notification to an emergency contact in response to determining, by the vehicle management system, that the remote computing device is no longer communicatively coupled to the vehicle management system; and receiving from the emergency contact, by the vehicle management system, at least one of a pick-up time and a pick-up location for the user. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method of using a vehicle management system to operate a self-driving vehicle, wherein the vehicle management system is configured to be communicatively coupled with a remote computing device configured to operate software adapted to enable a user to control behaviors of the self-driving vehicle, the method comprising:
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coupling communicatively, by the vehicle management system, the remote computing device to the self-driving vehicle; sending, by the vehicle management system, a notification to an emergency contact in response to determining, by the vehicle management system, that the remote computing device is no longer communicatively coupled to the vehicle management system; and instructing, by the vehicle management system, the self-driving vehicle to go to a predetermined pick-up location of the user in response to determining, by the vehicle management system, that the remote computing device is no longer communicatively coupled to the vehicle management system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of using a vehicle management system to operate a self-driving vehicle, wherein the vehicle management system is configured to be communicatively coupled with a remote computing device configured to operate software adapted to enable a user to control behaviors of the self-driving vehicle, the method comprising:
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coupling communicatively, by the vehicle management system, the remote computing device to the self-driving vehicle; receiving, by the vehicle management system, contact information of an electronic device of an emergency contact; and sending, by the vehicle management system, a notification to the emergency contact in response to determining, by the vehicle management system, that the remote computing device is no longer communicatively coupled to the vehicle management system, wherein the contact information is configured to enable the vehicle management system to send the notification to the emergency contact. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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