Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Assigned seating system for an automated taxi
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Application No.: US17240960Application Date: 2021-04-26
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Publication No.: US11600154B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Nandita Mangal , Michael H. Laur
- Applicant: Motional AD LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: Motional AD LLC
- Current Assignee: Motional AD LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G08B5/22
- IPC: G08B5/22 ; G06F3/147 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
A system for an automated-taxi includes a display and a controller. The display is viewable by one or more of a plurality of clients of an automated-taxi. The controller-circuit is in communication with the display. The controller is configured to determine a seating-arrangement of the plurality of clients transported by the automated-taxi. The seating-arrangement is determined in accordance with destinations of the plurality of clients. The controller is also configured to operate the display to show the seating-arrangement to one or more of the plurality of clients. A method of operating an automated-taxi includes receiving destinations of a plurality of clients to transported by an automated-taxi; determining a seating-arrangement of the plurality of clients in accordance with the destinations; and operating a display viewable by one or more of a plurality of clients of an automated-taxi to show the seating-arrangement to one or more of the plurality of clients.
Public/Granted literature
- US11625993B2 Assigned seating system for an automated taxi Public/Granted day:2023-04-11
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