Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous vehicle intent signaling
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Application No.: US16161206Application Date: 2018-10-16
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Publication No.: US11345277B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Eric Lujan , Shiva Ghose , Elliot Branson , Peter Ming Gao , Zhichang Yan , Zhizhong Yan
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Main IPC: B60Q1/50
- IPC: B60Q1/50 ; B60Q1/26 ; B60Q5/00 ; B60W10/04 ; B60W10/18 ; B60W50/00 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling an autonomous vehicle to provide indicators that signal a driving intent of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle includes a plurality of sensor systems that generate a plurality of sensor signals, a notification system, and a computing system. The computing system determines that the autonomous vehicle is to execute a maneuver that will cause the autonomous vehicle to traverse a portion of a driving environment of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system predicts that a person in the driving environment is to traverse the portion of the driving environment based upon the plurality of sensor signals. The computing system then controls the notification system to output a first indicator indicating that the autonomous vehicle plans to yield to the person or a second indicator indicating that the autonomous vehicle plans to execute the maneuver prior to the person traversing the portion of the driving environment.
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