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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2019
Applied Invention, Llc, Burbank, CA (US);
W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);
Kjerstin I. Williams, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Thomas A. Tombrello, Altadena, CA (US);
James W. Sarrett, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Luke W. Khanlian, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Adrian L. Kaehler, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Russel Howe, La Cresenta, CA (US);
APPLIED INVENTION, LLC, Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method for an autonomous vehicle (e.g., a fully autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle) to communicate with external observers. The method includes: receiving a task at the autonomous vehicle; collecting data that characterizes a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle from a sensor coupled to the autonomous vehicle; determining an intended course of action for the autonomous vehicle to undertake based on the task and the collected data; and conveying a human understandable output via an output device, the human understandable output expressly or implicitly indicating the intended course of action to an external observer.