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Audible notification systems and methods for autonomous vehicles

  • US 9,956,910 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2016
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object detection and notification system of an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

  • an object detection system that detects a presence of a target object within a sensing range of one or more sensors of the object detection system and determines a direction of travel of the target object relative to the autonomous vehicle based on the detection of the presence of the target object from the one or more sensors;

    a notification system that provides a sound cue using a speaker to an occupant of the autonomous vehicle that is indicative of a location of the target object relative to the autonomous vehicle based on the detection of the presence of the target object from the one or more sensors; and

    an occupant monitoring device that provides information indicative of a viewing angle of the occupant that is used by the object detection and notification system to provide the sound cue;

    wherein the notification system localizes the sound cue to a calculated angle based on the viewing angle of the occupant and moves a perceived location of the localized sound cue in a spatio-temporal fashion in stages increasingly toward a desired viewing angle based on the direction of travel of the target object.

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