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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Taggart Matthiesen, Kentfield, CA (US);

Jisi Guo, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sebastian Rolf Johan Brannstrom, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jess Garms, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/005 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60Q 1/268 (2013.01); B60Q 1/346 (2013.01); B60Q 1/482 (2013.01); B60Q 1/503 (2013.01); G08G 1/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, using one or more sensors of a vehicle, an entity in an environment surrounding the vehicle. The method includes determining a position of the entity relative to the vehicle. The method includes determining that a message is to be provided to the entity. The method includes selecting at least one of multiple notification devices of the vehicle based on the position of the entity relative to the vehicle. The method includes providing the message to the entity using the selected notification device.


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