VEHICLE SEAT HAPTIC INDICATION OF FUTURE PLANNED DRIVING MANEUVERS
First Claim
1. A method of operating an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle including a processor, a vehicle seat, and one or more vehicle seat actuators, the one or more vehicle seat actuators being operatively connected to the vehicle seat and to the processor, the method comprising:
- determining, using the processor, whether a future planned driving maneuver of the autonomous vehicle includes a change in a current motion of the autonomous vehicle; and
responsive to determining that the future planned driving maneuver includes a change in the current motion of the autonomous vehicle, activating at least one of the one or more vehicle seat actuators to cause the vehicle seat to provide a haptic indication of the future planned driving maneuver prior to implementing the future planned driving maneuver, whereby a seat occupant is alerted to the future planned driving maneuver.
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Abstract
Arrangements related to the operation of an autonomous vehicle are described. The autonomous vehicle includes a vehicle seat. It can be determined whether a future planned driving maneuver of the autonomous vehicle includes a change in a current motion of the autonomous vehicle. Responsive to determining that the future planned driving maneuver includes a change in the current motion of the autonomous vehicle, the vehicle seat can be caused to provide a haptic indication of the future planned driving maneuver prior to implementing the future planned driving maneuver. In this way, a vehicle seat occupant can be alerted to the future planned driving maneuver. The haptic indication can include a movement of the vehicle seat. In one or more arrangements, the movement of the vehicle seat can correspond to a sensation that a vehicle seat occupant will experience during at least a portion of the future planned driving maneuver.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle including a processor, a vehicle seat, and one or more vehicle seat actuators, the one or more vehicle seat actuators being operatively connected to the vehicle seat and to the processor, the method comprising:
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determining, using the processor, whether a future planned driving maneuver of the autonomous vehicle includes a change in a current motion of the autonomous vehicle; and responsive to determining that the future planned driving maneuver includes a change in the current motion of the autonomous vehicle, activating at least one of the one or more vehicle seat actuators to cause the vehicle seat to provide a haptic indication of the future planned driving maneuver prior to implementing the future planned driving maneuver, whereby a seat occupant is alerted to the future planned driving maneuver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for an autonomous vehicle comprising:
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a vehicle seat; one or more vehicle seat actuators, the one or more vehicle seat actuators being operatively connected to the vehicle seat; and a processor operatively connected to the one or more vehicle seat actuators, the processor being programmed to initiate executable operations comprising; determining whether a future planned driving maneuver of the autonomous vehicle includes a change in a current motion of the autonomous vehicle; and responsive to determining that the future planned driving maneuver includes a change in the current motion of the autonomous vehicle, activating at least one of the one or more vehicle seat actuators to cause the vehicle seat to provide a haptic indication of the future planned driving maneuver prior to implementing the future planned driving maneuver. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product for operating an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle including a vehicle seat and one or more vehicle seat actuators, the one or more vehicle seat actuators being operatively connected to the vehicle seat, the computer program product having program code embodied therein, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
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determining whether a future planned driving maneuver of the autonomous vehicle includes a change in a current motion of the autonomous vehicle; and responsive to determining that the future planned driving maneuver includes a change in the current motion of the autonomous vehicle, activating one or more vehicle seat actuators to cause the vehicle seat to provide a haptic indication of the future planned driving maneuver prior to implementing the future planned driving maneuver, whereby a vehicle seat occupant is alerted to the future planned driving maneuver. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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