Waymo LLC

Google Inc.

Adept Technology, Inc.

Albert Shane

YooJung Ahn

Joshua Newby

Jared S Gross

Alexandre Girard

Peter A Privitera

Jason F Stone

Benjamin W Julian

Philip Nemec

Brian Douglas Cullinane

Philipp Haban

David Tse-Zhou Lu

Christopher Kennedy Ludwick

Jonas De Moe

Calvin Karl Johnson

Anne Kristina Aula

Andreas Bauer

James Bellis

Miklos Szentkiralyi

Scott Cardimen

Jonathan Sive

Choon Ping Chng

Zhaokun Wang

Cheng-Han Wu

Scott Duncan

Anne Kristiina Aula

Jeffrey Du

Yoojung Ahn

Miklos Szentkiraly

Roof pod housing

Sensor housing

Sensor assembly

The technology includes a roof pod system for a vehicle configured to operate in one or more partly or fully autonomous self-driving modes. The roof pod system is arranged to sit above the roof of the vehicle, for instance at least 10-50 mm above the roof surface. The roof pod may be supported by a set of legs such as cross-rails. The roof pod system incorporates various sensors and related equipment to assist with self-driving operation. Some sensors may be arranged in the main housing of the roof pod, while others can be located in a dome-type structure extending above the main housing. A cabling harness assembly runs wiring and other links between the roof pod and the vehicle chassis.

Autonomous vehicle roof pod

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering a passenger to a destination autonomously. The vehicle includes one or more computing devices and a set of user input buttons for communicating requests to stop the vehicle and to initiate a trip to the destination with the one or more computing devices. The set of user input buttons consisting essentially of a dual-purpose button and an emergency stopping button different from the dual-purpose button configured to stop the vehicle. The dual-purpose button has a first purpose for communicating a request to initiate the trip to the destination and a second purpose for communicating a request to pull the vehicle over and stop the vehicle. The vehicle has no steering wheel and no user inputs for the steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle other than the set of user input buttons.

Autonomous vehicles

Growing community of inventors

Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Albert Shane