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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2018
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Jacob Avi Harper, Alameda, CA (US);
Jeremy Yi-Xiong Yang, New York, NY (US);
Forrest Leighton Merrill, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Michael Moshe Kohen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
George Dalman Nelson, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha, Weston, FL (US);
Josh Alexander Jimenez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for using beam-formed acoustic notifications for pedestrian notification are described. Computing device(s) can receive sensor data associated with an object in an environment of a vehicle. The computing device(s) can determine first data for emitting a first beam of acoustic energy via speaker(s) of an acoustic array associated with the vehicle, and second data for emitting a second beam of acoustic energy via speakers of the acoustic array. The computing device(s) can cause the speaker(s) to emit the first beam in a direction of the object at a first time and the second beam in the direction of the object at a second time. Directions of propagation of the first beam and the second beam are offset so that the object can localize the source the acoustic notification, thereby localizing the vehicle in the environment.