Software application and logic to modify configuration of an autonomous vehicle
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a location of a user device;
generating instructions dispatching an autonomous vehicle system to the location to make the autonomous vehicle system available to a user to transport the user to a destination;
transmitting the instructions to the autonomous vehicle system; and
transmitting information associated with the user to the autonomous vehicle system, the information including road handling setting information including configuration data associated with the user, the configuration data including one or more settings associated with an active suspension system of the autonomous vehicle system, the configuration data being used by the autonomous vehicle to modify an active suspension parameter of the active suspension system, prior to the user entering the autonomous vehicle at the location.
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Abstract
Various embodiments relate generally to autonomous vehicles and associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an autonomous vehicle fleet as a service. In particular, a method may include identifying a location of a user device associated with a user, transmitting a command to an autonomous vehicle system associated with an autonomous vehicle service to transit to the location, and providing information associated with the user device to the autonomous vehicle system, where the information includes configuration data to adapt one or more sub-systems of the autonomous vehicle. Sub-systems of the autonomous vehicle may include interior lighting, ambient sound, road handling, seating configuration, communication synchronization, and temperature control systems.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a location of a user device; generating instructions dispatching an autonomous vehicle system to the location to make the autonomous vehicle system available to a user to transport the user to a destination; transmitting the instructions to the autonomous vehicle system; and transmitting information associated with the user to the autonomous vehicle system, the information including road handling setting information including configuration data associated with the user, the configuration data including one or more settings associated with an active suspension system of the autonomous vehicle system, the configuration data being used by the autonomous vehicle to modify an active suspension parameter of the active suspension system, prior to the user entering the autonomous vehicle at the location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an autonomous vehicle system, dispatch instructions to transit to a location to make the autonomous vehicle system available to a user at the location to transport the user to a destination; configuring, prior to the user entering the autonomous vehicle system at the location, a sub-system of the autonomous vehicle to set an ambient feature of an interior of the autonomous vehicle to a first setting, the first setting comprising a user preference associated with the user; identifying the user at the location; sending, at least in part in response to identifying the user at the location and to a user device associated with the user, a request for authentication information; receiving the authentication information; verifying, based at least in part on the authentication information, the user or the user device; receiving a request from the user device associated with the user to configure the sub-system in accordance with a second setting; determining from the request a change parameter of the sub-system; and modifying the sub-system by executing the change parameter. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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an autonomous vehicle configured to drive autonomously on a roadway, the autonomous vehicle including a road handling sub-system configured to control one or more road handling parameters of the autonomous vehicle; and a computing system communicatively coupled to the autonomous vehicle to receive data and to transmit instructions to control the road handling sub-system, the computing system being programmed to; control the autonomous vehicle to transit to a location associated with a user to be transported; cause the autonomous vehicle to transport the user from the location to a destination; receive configuration data associated with the user, the configuration data being based at least in part on previous interactions with the user and the configuration data including a first setting for at least one of the one or more road handling parameters; control, prior to the user entering the autonomous vehicle, the road handling sub-system to configure the one or more road handling parameters in accordance with the first setting; receive, after the user enters the autonomous vehicle, a user instruction to adjust the one or more road handling parameters according to a second setting; control the sub-system to update the one or more road handling parameters in accordance with the second setting, based on the user instruction; and update the configuration data associated with the user to replace the first setting with the second setting, based on the user instruction. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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