Method and system for authentication in autonomous vehicles
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle interior for receiving one or more occupants;
a plurality of sensors to collect sensed information associated with the vehicle interior and an exterior of the vehicle;
an automatic vehicle location system to determine a current spatial location of the vehicle;
a computer readable medium to store authentication information and the sensed information when the vehicle is in a Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation; and
a microprocessor, coupled to the automatic vehicle location system and computer readable medium, that, when in the Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation and in the absence of interaction of the microprocessor with a driver of the vehicle, is programmed to;
based on the sensed information collected by the plurality of sensors, construct a three-dimensional map in spatial proximity to the vehicle that enables the microprocessor to identify and spatially locate animate and inanimate objects in the spatial proximity;
detect, in the three-dimensional map, an individual exterior to the vehicle;
combine navigation information received from a remote navigation source based on a current spatial location of the vehicle with the three-dimensional map to provide aggregate mapping information;
select a behavioral model of the detected individual;
process in real time the aggregate mapping information and the selected behavioral model to determine a command regarding operation of the vehicle;
based on the three-dimensional map and authentication information, attempt to perform primary authentication to authenticate the detected individual or a computing device associated with the detected individual;
when the detected individual or computing device is authenticated successfully by the primary authentication, attempt to perform secondary authentication of the detected individual or the computing device using different authentication information than the authentication information used in the primary authentication; and
when the primary and secondary authentication are successful, perform the vehicle operation command to enable the individual to access the vehicle interior.
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Abstract
Systems of an electrical vehicle and the operations thereof are provided that provide authentication mechanisms of external individuals or computing devices while the vehicle is operating autonomously.
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicle interior for receiving one or more occupants; a plurality of sensors to collect sensed information associated with the vehicle interior and an exterior of the vehicle; an automatic vehicle location system to determine a current spatial location of the vehicle; a computer readable medium to store authentication information and the sensed information when the vehicle is in a Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation; and a microprocessor, coupled to the automatic vehicle location system and computer readable medium, that, when in the Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation and in the absence of interaction of the microprocessor with a driver of the vehicle, is programmed to; based on the sensed information collected by the plurality of sensors, construct a three-dimensional map in spatial proximity to the vehicle that enables the microprocessor to identify and spatially locate animate and inanimate objects in the spatial proximity; detect, in the three-dimensional map, an individual exterior to the vehicle; combine navigation information received from a remote navigation source based on a current spatial location of the vehicle with the three-dimensional map to provide aggregate mapping information; select a behavioral model of the detected individual; process in real time the aggregate mapping information and the selected behavioral model to determine a command regarding operation of the vehicle; based on the three-dimensional map and authentication information, attempt to perform primary authentication to authenticate the detected individual or a computing device associated with the detected individual; when the detected individual or computing device is authenticated successfully by the primary authentication, attempt to perform secondary authentication of the detected individual or the computing device using different authentication information than the authentication information used in the primary authentication; and when the primary and secondary authentication are successful, perform the vehicle operation command to enable the individual to access the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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operating, by a microprocessor, a vehicle in a Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation, the vehicle comprising a plurality of sensors to collect sensed information associated with the vehicle interior and an exterior of the vehicle and an automatic vehicle location system to determine a current spatial location of the vehicle; while operating at Level 4 or 5 and in the absence of interaction of the microprocessor with a driver of the vehicle, constructing, by the microprocessor and based on the sensed information collected by the plurality of sensors, a three-dimensional map in spatial proximity to the vehicle that enables the microprocessor to identify and spatially locate animate and inanimate objects in the spatial proximity; detecting, by the microprocessor and in the three-dimensional map, an individual exterior to the vehicle; combining, by the microprocessor, navigation information received from a remote navigation source based on a current spatial location of the vehicle with the three-dimensional map to provide aggregate mapping information; selecting, by the microprocessor, a behavioral model of the detected individual; processing in real time the aggregate mapping information and the selected behavioral model to determine a command regarding operation of the vehicle; based on the three-dimensional map and authentication information stored in a computer readable medium of the vehicle, attempting, by the microprocessor, to perform primary authentication to authenticate the detected individual or a computing device associated with the detected individual; when the detected individual or computing device is authenticated successfully in the primary authentication, attempting to perform secondary authentication of the detected individual or the computing device differently than the primary authentication; and when the primary and secondary authentication are successful, performing, by the microprocessor, the vehicle operation command to enable the individual to access an interior of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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operating, by a microprocessor, a vehicle in a Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation, the vehicle comprising a plurality of sensors to collect sensed information associated with the vehicle interior and an exterior of the vehicle and an automatic vehicle location system to determine a current spatial location of the vehicle; while operating at Level 4 or 5 and in the absence of interaction of the microprocessor with a driver of the vehicle; constructing, by the microprocessor and based on the sensed information collected by the plurality of sensors, a three-dimensional map in spatial proximity to the vehicle that enables the microprocessor to identify and spatially locate animate and inanimate objects in the spatial proximity; detecting, by the microprocessor and in the three-dimensional map, an animate object exterior to the vehicle; combining, by the microprocessor, navigation information received from a remote navigation source based on the current spatial location of the vehicle with the three-dimensional map to provide aggregate mapping information; selecting, by the microprocessor, a behavioral model of the detected animate object; processing, by the microprocessor, in real time the aggregate mapping information and the selected behavioral model to determine a command regarding operation of the vehicle; while performing the constructing, detecting, combining, selecting, and processing steps, receiving, by the microprocessor, one or more requests from a remote computing device associated with an owner of the vehicle for sensed information collected by sensors of the vehicle; based on authentication information stored in the vehicle, attempting, by the microprocessor, to perform primary authentication to authenticate the remote computing device; when the remote computing device is authenticated successfully in the primary authentication, attempting, by the microprocessor, to perform secondary authentication of the computing device using different authentication information than the authentication information used in the primary authentication; and when the secondary authentication is successful, providing, by the microprocessor, the requested sensed information to the successfully authenticated remote computing device, the requested sensed information being a plurality of a first display containing the historic route or trace route of the vehicle, a second display containing a currently selected route to be traveled by the vehicle, a third display comprising live video of an interior of the vehicle, and a fourth display comprising a live video of an exterior of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a vehicle comprising a vehicle interior for receiving one or more occupants;
- a plurality of sensors to collect sensed information associated with the vehicle interior and an exterior of the vehicle;
an automatic vehicle location system to determine a current spatial location of the vehicle; and
a computer readable medium to store authentication information and the sensed information when the vehicle is in a Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation, an autonomous vehicle control system comprising a microprocessor coupled to the automatic vehicle location system and computer readable medium and programmed to;based on the sensed information collected by the plurality of sensors, construct a three-dimensional map in spatial proximity to the vehicle that enables the microprocessor to identify and spatially locate animate and inanimate objects in the spatial proximity; detect, in the three-dimensional map, an individual exterior to the vehicle;
combine navigation information received from a remote navigation sourcebased on a current spatial location of the vehicle within the three-dimensional map provide aggregate mapping information; select a behavioral model of the detected individual; process in substantial real time the aggregate mapping information and the selected behavioral model to determine a command regarding operation of the vehicle; in response to the three-dimensional map and using authentication information, attempt to perform primary authentication to authenticate the detected individual or a computing device associated with the detected individual; when the detected individual or computing device is authenticated successfully by the primary authentication, attempt to perform secondary authentication of the detected individual or the computing device using different authentication information than the authentication information used in the primary authentication; and when the primary and secondary authentication are successful, perform the vehicle operation command to enable the individual to access the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- a plurality of sensors to collect sensed information associated with the vehicle interior and an exterior of the vehicle;
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