×

Virtual reality experience for a vehicle

  • US 9,922,466 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2016
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:

  • a sensor system to generate sensor data corresponding to a situational environment of the AV;

    a data processing system to determine that values for the sensor data exceed one or more programmed thresholds for a virtual reality experience;

    a control system to utilize the sensor data to autonomously control the AV along a current route;

    one or more computing resources shared between a virtual reality system and other systems of the AV, including at least one of the sensor system, the data processing system, and the control system; and

    the virtual reality system to;

    provide the sensor data to a virtual reality application, executed on a second computing device, based on the values for the sensor data; and

    manage utilization of the one or more computing resources between the second computing device and the other systems of the AV, wherein managing utilization includes (i) monitoring usage of the one or more computing resources by the other systems of the AV, (ii) determining that excess resources are available, and (iii) making the excess resources available to the virtual reality application to render the virtual reality experience in a higher fidelity or resolution and display the virtual reality experience to a rider in the AV.

View all claims
  • 7 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×