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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2017
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Kyle Vogt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ian Rust, San Francisco, CA (US);
Solomon Bier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Drew Allyn Gross, San Francisco, CA (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle using an external interface is disclosed. The method includes an external interface that is in operable communication with one or more control systems of the autonomous vehicle. The method allows an entity in proximity of an outside of the autonomous vehicle to interact with the external interface; receives from the entity one or more control inputs, and controls one or more operations of the autonomous vehicle based on the one or more control inputs.