Ensuring occupant awareness in vehicles
First Claim
1. A method of providing information to ensure occupant awareness in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- autonomously controlling, by the vehicle, operation of the vehicle;
determining, by one or more processors and concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, an expected event is to occur, the expected event including transfer of control of the operation of the vehicle from the vehicle to an occupant;
determining, by the one or more processors and concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, an extent of time remaining until an estimated occurrence of the expected event;
determining, by the one or more processors and concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a condition that triggers the expected event;
selecting, by the one or more processors and concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a process of a plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of an operating context of the vehicle such that the process of the plurality of processes is capable of being performed within the determined extent of time, wherein a first subset of the plurality of processes are for higher levels of the determined extent of time compared to a second subset of the plurality of processes; and
performing, by the one or more processors and within the determined extent of time, the process of the plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of the operating context of the vehicle.
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Abstract
In general, techniques are described for ensuring occupant awareness in vehicles. A device comprising a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The processor may be configured to determine an event which will change an operating characteristic of the vehicle, and determine an extent of time remaining until an estimated occurrence of the expected event. The processor may also be configured to determine a process by which to inform the occupant of an operating context of the vehicle based on the determined extent of time remaining until the estimated occurrence the expected event, and perform the process by which to inform the occupant of the operating context of the vehicle. The device may also include a memory configured to store the process.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of providing information to ensure occupant awareness in a vehicle, the method comprising:
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autonomously controlling, by the vehicle, operation of the vehicle; determining, by one or more processors and concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, an expected event is to occur, the expected event including transfer of control of the operation of the vehicle from the vehicle to an occupant; determining, by the one or more processors and concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, an extent of time remaining until an estimated occurrence of the expected event; determining, by the one or more processors and concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a condition that triggers the expected event; selecting, by the one or more processors and concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a process of a plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of an operating context of the vehicle such that the process of the plurality of processes is capable of being performed within the determined extent of time, wherein a first subset of the plurality of processes are for higher levels of the determined extent of time compared to a second subset of the plurality of processes; and performing, by the one or more processors and within the determined extent of time, the process of the plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of the operating context of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device configured to provide information to ensure occupant awareness in a vehicle, the device comprising:
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one or more processors configured to; autonomously control operation of the vehicle; determine, concurrent with the one or more processors autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, an expected event is to occur, the expected vent including transfer of control of the operation of the vehicle form the vehicle to an occupant; determine, concurrent with the one or more processors autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, an extent of time remaining until an estimated occurrence of the expected event; determine, concurrent with the one or more processors autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a condition that triggers the expected event; determine, concurrent with the one or more processors autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a process of a plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of an operating context of the vehicle such that the process of the plurality of processes is capable of being performed within the determined extent of time, wherein a first subset of the plurality of processes are for higher levels of the determined extent of compared to a second subset of the plurality of processes; and perform, within the determined extent of time, the process of the plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of the operating context of the vehicle; and a memory configured to store the process. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A device configured to provide information to ensure occupant awareness in a vehicle, the device comprising:
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means for autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle; means for determining, concurrent with autonomous control of the operation of the vehicle, an expected event is to occur, the expected event including transfer of control of the operation of the vehicle from the vehicle to an occupant; means for determining, concurrent with autonomous control of the operation of the vehicle, an extent of time remaining until an estimated occurrence of the expected event; means for determining, concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a condition that triggers the expected event including transfer of the control of the operation of the vehicle to the occupant; means for determining, concurrent with autonomous control of the operation of the vehicle, a process of a plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of an operating context of the vehicle such that the process of the plurality of processes is capable of being performed within the determined extent of time, wherein a first subset of the plurality of processes are for higher levels of the determined extent of compared to a second subset of the plurality of processes; and means for performing, within the determined extent of time, the process of the plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of the operating context of the vehicle.
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24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
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autonomously control operation of a vehicle; determine, concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, an expected event is to occur, the expected event including transfer of control of the operation of the vehicle from the vehicle to an occupant; determine, concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a condition that triggers the expected event including transfer of the control of the operation of the vehicle to the occupant; determine, concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a condition that triggers the expected event including transfer of the control of the operation of the vehicle to the occupant; determine, concurrent with the vehicle autonomously controlling operation of the vehicle, a process of a plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of an operating context of the vehicle such that the process of the plurality of processes is capable of being performed within the determined extent of time, wherein a first subset of the plurality of processes are for higher levels of the determined extent of compared to a second subset of the plurality of processes; and perform, within the extent of time remaining until the estimated occurrence of the expected event, the process of the plurality of processes by which to inform the occupant of the operating context of the vehicle.
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