Autonomous presentation of a self-driving vehicle

• US 10,453,345 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2017
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Greenberger, Jeremy Adam, Kozloski, James Robert, Pickover, Clifford A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Whittington, Jess
• Application Number:
  US15/419,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20180217594A1
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching

Abstract

Techniques for facilitating the autonomous presentation of a self-driving vehicle are provided. In one example, a method can include a system operatively coupled to a processor, where the system: determines a feature of a self-driving vehicle based on information regarding an entity in a pending transaction; determines a task to be performed by the self-driving vehicle based on the feature; and generates an instruction for the self-driving vehicle to perform the task.

Claims

1. A self-driving vehicle, comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable components;

a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that executes computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components can comprise;

a feature component that identifies a feature of the self-driving vehicle based on an input captured by an interface of a reception component communicatively coupled to the feature component and regarding a potential consumer of the self-driving vehicle, wherein the self-driving vehicle is available for the potential consumer to complete an event associated with the self-driving vehicle;

a task component that identifies and performs a task based on the feature, wherein the task demonstrates the feature to the potential consumer, and wherein the task comprises a test drive incorporating turns, accelerations or decelerations moving the self-driving vehicle from a first geographical location to a second geographical location; and

an operations component that controls the self-driving vehicle to perform a motor operation of the self-driving vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the input comprises video data regarding visual observations made by the interface based on one or more cameras located on an interior of the self-driving vehicle or on an exterior of the self-driving vehicle;

or geographical data regarding a third geographical location of the self-driving vehicle or another self-driving vehicle.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the reception component receives a second input from the potential consumer regarding a preference of the potential consumer, wherein the task component shares the second input with a second self-driving vehicle, and wherein the second self-driving vehicle and the self-driving vehicle cooperate to perform one or more tasks based on the second input for completion of the event with the self-driving vehicle or the second self-driving vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the input is a custom preference set by the entity.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the event is a sales transaction to purchase the self-driving vehicle, wherein the sales transaction is facilitated by a contract being electronically sent to a device associated with the potential consumer from the system or a second system associated with the self-driving vehicle based on detection of a second input by the reception component by the potential consumer indicating a desire to purchase the self-driving vehicle.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the feature component also determines a second feature as a high available occupancy of the self-driving vehicle based on detection by the interface of greater than a defined number of entities accompanying the potential consumer.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the feature component also determines a second feature as a defined top speed for the test drive of the self-driving vehicle based on detection by the interface of audio indicating the potential consumer prefers the defined top speed greater than a defined value.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the turns, accelerations or decelerations are selected based on an expression of the potential consumer, wherein the expression is captured via the interface to the reception component.

9. A computer program product for performing autonomous presentation of a self-driving vehicle, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing component of the self-driving vehicle to cause the processing component to:

determine a feature of the self-driving vehicle based on an input received by the self-driving vehicle from a potential consumer and associated with the potential consumer completing an event associated with the self-driving vehicle, wherein the potential consumer initiates the event by entering a designated location associated with or having a defined geographic proximity to the self-driving vehicle;

determine a task to be performed by the self-driving vehicle based on the feature, wherein the task demonstrates the feature to the potential consumer and is performed during a test drive of the self-driving vehicle moving the self-driving vehicle from a first geographical location to a second geographical location and comprises at least one of a turn of the self-driving vehicle, an acceleration of the self-driving vehicle or a deceleration of the self-driving vehicle;

perform the task; and

control the self-driving vehicle to perform a motor operation of the self-driving vehicle.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program instructions further cause the processing component to adjust a characteristic of the self-driving vehicle while the self-driving car is in operation.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein generation of the instruction comprises generation of the instruction for the self-driving vehicle to perform the task in cooperation with a second self-driving vehicle.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the input is observational data generated by the self-driving vehicle.