Google Inc.

Waymo LLC

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microosft Corporation

Manuel Christian Clement

Robertus Christianus Elisabeth Mariet

Brian Douglas Cullinane

Philip Nemec

Dmitri A Dolgov

Andrew Timothy Szybalski

Stefan Welker

Lilli Ing-Marie Jonsson

Alexander James Faaborg

Alexander Friedrich Kuscher

Jan-Kristian Markiewicz

Sebastien Vincent Gabriel

Jason Glenn Silvis

Adrienne E O'Donnell

Robert Kenneth Stein, Iii

Michael Jay Gilmore

Jon M Wiley

Andrey Doronichev

Chris McKenzie

Shiqi Chen

Jiajun Zhu

Jenny T Lam

Leroy B Keely

Denise Michele Trabona

Jonathan Eric Gleasman

Glen Murphy

William Hong Vong

Lindsey R Barcheck

Michael A LaJoie

Michael H LaManna

Adrian James Garside

Thor Lewis

Robert Ward Massa

Christian Plagemann

Niels Van Dongen

Bryan Pieratt

Martijn Eldert Van Tilburg

Tjeerd Hoek

Roma Rajni Shah

Dave Ferguson

Daryl Tanghe

Samuel J Moreau

Jennifer Shien-Ming Chen

Marieke Iwema Watson

Rahul Garg

Luciana Bordallo Misura

Ian MacGillivray

Murphy Stein

Michael Curato

Clayton Woodward Bavor, Jr

Samuel Kvaalen

Alejandro José Kauffmann

Russell Scott Randall

Darwin Yamamoto

Scott Dolim

Rachel Ilan Simpson

Markus Heintz

Jonathan Tompson

Patrick Louis Maurice Nepper

Wieland Holfelder

Andrew Nartker

Tim Gleason

Samantha Raja

Dana Nunnelly

Pamela Lori Greene

Samuel Mark Matson

Shawn Buessing

Shanee Nishry

Daniel Sternfeld

Kevin Horowitz

Corentin Fatus

Bernhard K Bauer

Juin-Kai Chou

Sergiu Iordache

Hagen Fritsch

Jon Michael Wiley

Jason Silvis

Clayton Woodward Bavor

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to identifying and displaying traffic lanes that are available for autonomous driving. This information may be displayed to a driver of a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode, in order to inform the driver of where he or she can use the autonomous driving mode. In one example, the display may visually distinguishing between lanes that are available for auto-drive from those that are not. The display may also include an indicator of the position of a lane (autodrive or not) currently occupied by the vehicle. In addition, if that lane is an autodrive lane the display may include information indicating how much further the vehicle may continue in the autonomous driving mode in that particular lane. The display may also display information indicating the remaining autodrive distance in other lanes as well as the lane with the greatest remaining autodrive distance.

Determining and displaying auto drive lanes in an autonomous vehicle

In a system for determining intent of a detected virtual contact between a user and a virtual object in a virtual reality environment, contact maybe detected between a designated selection device, manipulated by the user, and the virtual object. It may then be determined whether or not the detected contact between the designated selection device and the virtual object is intention. Determination of whether or not the detected contact is intentional may be based on at least one of an approach direction of the virtual contact with the virtual object, an approach velocity of the virtual contact with the virtual object, or an approach acceleration of the virtual contact with the virtual object.

Context sensitive user interface activation in an augmented and/or virtual reality environment

Aspects of the present disclosure relate switching between autonomous and manual driving modes. In order to do so, the vehicle's computer may conduct a series of environmental, system, and driver checks to identify certain conditions. The computer may correct some of these conditions and also provide a driver with a checklist of tasks for completion. Once the tasks have been completed and the conditions are changed, the computer may allow the driver to switch from the manual to the autonomous driving mode. The computer may also make a determination, under certain conditions, that it would be detrimental to the driver's safety or comfort to make a switch from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode.

Engaging and disengaging for autonomous driving

Display screen or a portion thereof with graphical user interface

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

A vehicle has a plurality of control apparatuses, a user input, a geographic position component, an object detection apparatus, memory, and a display. A processor is also included and is programmed to receive the destination information, identify a route, and determine the current geographic location of the vehicle. The processor is also programmed to identify an object and object type based on object information received from the object detection apparatus and to determine at least one warning characteristic of the identified object based on at least one of: the object type, a detected proximity of the detected object to the vehicle, the location of the detected object relative to predetermined peripheral areas of the vehicle, the current geographic location of the vehicle, and the route. The processor is also configured to select and display on the display an object warning image based on the at least one warning characteristic.

User interface for displaying object-based indications in an autonomous driving system

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to identifying and displaying traffic lanes that are available for autonomous driving. Information is displayed to a driver of a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode to inform the driver of where the autonomous driving mode can be used by visually distinguishing between lanes that are available for autodrive from those that are not, and when a lane is an autodrive lane the display includes information indicating how much further the vehicle may continue in the autonomous driving mode in that particular lane before requiring a particular maneuver to depart that lane in order to stay on a route. The display may also indicate the position of a lane (autodrive or not) currently occupied by the vehicle. The display may also display information indicating the remaining autodrive distance in other lanes as well as the lane with the greatest remaining autodrive distance.

Systems and methods are described that include generating a virtual environment for display in a head-mounted display device. The virtual environment may include at least one three-dimensional virtual object having a plurality of volumetric zones configured to receive virtual contact. The method may also include detecting a plurality of inputs corresponding to a plurality of actions performed in the virtual environment on the at least one three-dimensional virtual object. Each action corresponds to a plurality of positions and orientations associated with at least one tracked input device. The method may include generating, for each action and while detecting the plurality of inputs, a plurality of prediction models and determining based on the plurality of prediction models in which of the plurality of volumetric zones the at least one tracked input device is predicted to virtually collide.

Volumetric virtual reality keyboard methods, user interface, and interactions

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Felton, CA, United States of America

Manuel Christian Clement