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Communicating reasons for vehicle actions

  • US 10,372,130 B1
  • Filed: 05/19/2017
  • Issued: 08/06/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous vehicle comprising:

  • one or more processors;

    one or more interior output devices disposed in an interior of the autonomous vehicle;

    one or more sensors to provide data related to an environment of the autonomous vehicle; and

    one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

    causing the autonomous vehicle to traverse a path to a destination location by controlling the motion of the autonomous vehicle according to multiple trajectories calculated for traversing the path;

    receiving sensor data from the one or more sensors;

    detecting, based at least in part on the sensor data, an event;

    determining an action to be taken by the autonomous vehicle responsive to the event;

    determining a semantic meaning of the event and the action to be taken responsive to the event;

    outputting, by the one or more interior output devices, an indication of the event and the action; and

    causing the autonomous vehicle to perform the action.

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