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Oracle International Corporation

Fisker Ip/austria Assets Trust

Direct Current Capital LLC

Chip J Alexander

Gahl Levy

Fabien Blanc-Paques

Vineet Jain

Carol Reiley

Tory Smith

Miao Sun

Bradley Perry

Scott Rossi

Chih Hu

Dong Hye Kim

Robert Hoexter

Alex Tomala

Nebojsa Visnjic

Caitlin A Surakitbanharn

Vehicle light pattern

One variation of a method for identifying a user entering an autonomous vehicle includes: receiving a ride request from the user, the ride request specifying a pickup location; at the autonomous vehicle, autonomously navigating to the pickup location, scanning a field near the autonomous vehicle for a human approaching the autonomous vehicle, and, in response to detecting the human proximal the autonomous vehicle, recording an image of the human; detecting a face of the human in the image; accessing a faceprint characterizing facial features of the user; and, in response to the face of the human detected in the image exhibiting features represented in the faceprint, identifying the human as the user and triggering a door of the autonomous vehicle to unlock for the user.

Method for identifying a user entering an autonomous vehicle

Systems and methods communicate an intent of an autonomous vehicle externally. In one implementation, scan data of a field around a travel path of an autonomous vehicle is obtained. The scan data is captured using at least one sensor. An object in the field around the travel path is determined from the scan data. The object is determined to be mutable or immutable. A navigation condition associated with the object is determined based on whether the object is mutable or immutable. The navigation condition is correlated to a portion of the travel path. Control operation(s) of the autonomous vehicle is determined for the portion of the travel path in response to the navigation condition. A representation link between the control operation(s) of the autonomous vehicle and the object is generated. A representation of the field around the travel path is rendered and includes the representation link.

Systems and methods for interfacing with an occupant

One variation of a method for customizing motion characteristics of an autonomous vehicle for a user includes: accessing a baseline emotional state of the user following entry of the user into the autonomous vehicle at a first time proximal a start of a trip; during a first segment of the trip, autonomously navigating toward a destination location according to a first motion planning parameter, accessing a second emotional state of the user at a second time, detecting degradation of sentiment of the user based on differences between the baseline and second emotional states; and correlating degradation of sentiment of the user with a navigational characteristic of the autonomous vehicle; modifying the first motion planning parameter of the autonomous vehicle to deviate from the navigational characteristic; and, during a second segment of the trip, autonomously navigating toward the destination location according to the revised motion planning parameter.

Method for customizing motion characteristics of an autonomous vehicle for a user

One variation of a method for executing autonomous rideshare requests includes: following arrival of an autonomous vehicle proximal a pickup location specified in a rideshare request submitted by a user, setting a user arrival timer for a first duration and a depart timer for a second duration exceeding the first duration; serving a state of the user arrival timer to a mobile computing device affiliated with the user; rendering a state of the depart timer on an external display arranged on the autonomous vehicle; in response to failure of the user to arrive at the autonomous vehicle prior to expiration of the user arrival timer, departing from the pickup location without the user; and, in response to the user arriving at the autonomous vehicle prior to expiration of the user arrival timer, departing from the pickup location with the user prior to expiration of the delay timer.

Methods for executing autonomous rideshare requests

Exterior vehicle display

Systems and methods disclosed herein involve monitoring an interior state of a vehicle. A pre-ride image of an interior is recorded prior to initiating a ride A post-ride image of the interior is recorded following completion of the ride. A region of the post-ride image differing from the pre-ride image is detected, with the region of the post-ride image representing a change in the interior. A type of an object depicted in the region of the post-ride image is classified based on features extracted from the region of the post-ride image. In response to classifying the object depicted in the region of the post-ride image as a personal item, a prompt is served to the user to retrieve the object.

Method for monitoring an interior state of an autonomous vehicle

Systems and methods communicate an intent of an autonomous vehicle externally. In one implementation, traffic object(s) approaching an intersection towards which an autonomous vehicle autonomously navigates along a travel path is tracked. A position of the traffic object(s) relative to the intersection is determined when the autonomous vehicle is stopped at the intersection. A perceived possession of a right of way of the autonomous vehicle to enter the intersection is generated based on the position of the traffic object(s). A decision of whether to direct the autonomous vehicle into the intersection is generated based on the perceived possession of the right of way. An intent icon linked to an action of the autonomous vehicle is generated. The action is correlated with the decision of whether to direct the autonomous vehicle into the intersection. The intent icon is presented to an environment external to the autonomous vehicle.

Systems and methods for communicating a machine intent

A display button for a web page integrating both a graphic pictorial image with character based textual information (with link) into a single iconic button. By providing a graphic image within a display button, the present invention provides the advantages of a graphic icon, e.g., speed of location and user recognition as well as increased meaning. By providing a character based dynamic textual link, the present invention provides an iconic button whose information can be readily translated between various languages (e.g., Italian, English, French, German, etc.) without requiring the image to be redrawn using complex and time consuming means; e.g., using an artist and a drawing tool. Instead, translation can be accomplished using automatic word and/or phrase conversion. Preferably, the display button of the present invention is represented in a table structure within HTML. The table structure contains two end cells which display graphic images therein and in between them a slightly shorter text cell is inserted that can display character based text. Filling the height difference between the text cell and the end cells are thin horizontal row cells that are colored to mach the end cells. The background colors of all the cells are selected to create a visual image of a complete display button having both graphic images and textual information. The display button can be selected by a user to obtain further display information or to advance to another web page or another website (e.g., used as a link). Within the present invention, a subroutine structure can be created in a language called JavaScript that is useful in reducing the amount of program code required to generate multiple display buttons in a single web page.

System and method for rendering on-screen iconic buttons with dynamic

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Chip J Alexander