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Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Timothy Szybalski, San Francisco, CA (US);

Luis Ricardo Prada Gomez, Hayward, CA (US);

Philip Nemec, San Jose, CA (US);

Christopher Paul Urmson, Mountain View, CA (US);

Sebastian Thrun, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3676 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract

Autonomous vehicles use various computing systems to transport passengers from one location to another. A control computer sends messages to the various systems of the vehicle in order to maneuver the vehicle safely to the destination. The control computer may display information on an electronic display in order to allow the passenger to understand what actions the vehicle may be taking in the immediate future. Various icons and images may be used to provide this information to the passenger.


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