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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2021
Piaggio Fast Forward, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Gregory Stewart Lynn, Venice, CA (US);
Jeffrey Schnapp, Cambridge, MA (US);
Piaggio Fast Forward Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a self-driving vehicle, e.g., a follower vehicle, that engages in communicative behaviors using body dynamics. Also provided is a method of using body dynamics to communicate behaviors in a self-driving vehicle. The vehicle may include a shifting assembly configured to shift and/or tilt a vehicle body to communicate such behaviors, e.g., acceleration, deceleration, and near constant velocity. The shifting and/or tilting of the body in combination with the vehicle's operation communicates those operations to bystanders. With better informed bystanders, improved safety between bystanders and the vehicle may be achieved.