US20180126951A1 - Method and system for authentication in autonomous vehicles - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure is generally directed to vehicle systems, in particular, toward electric and/or hybrid-electric vehicles.
- FIG. 1 shows a vehicle in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the vehicle in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a communication environment of the vehicle in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the instrument panel of the vehicle according to one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a communications subsystem of the vehicle
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a computing environment associated with the embodiments presented herein;
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a computing device associated with one or more components described herein;
- FIG. 8 is block diagram of an autonomous driving vehicle system according to an embodiment
- FIG. 9 is a flow chart associated with one or more embodiments presented herein;
- FIG. 10 is a flow chart associated with one or more embodiments presented herein;
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart associated with one or more embodiments presented herein.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a computing system associated with one or more components described herein.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in connection with a vehicle, and in some embodiments, an electric vehicle, rechargeable electric vehicle, and/or hybrid-electric vehicle and associated systems.
- Embodiments can provide an intelligent vehicle that can automatically determine and allow access, control, programming, etc., based on an authentication of one or more users associated with the vehicle.
- Authentication may utilize any authentication technique including facial recognition (of users inside and/or outside of a vehicle), trusted device recognition (e.g., determining a user in proximity to the vehicle has a trusted key set by a vehicle administrator, etc.), voice recognition, heat signature, etc., and/or combinations thereof.
- This authentication may be transferred or assigned to users other than an owner of the vehicle (e.g., via a token sent from the vehicle to a mobile device of another, etc.).
- the intelligent vehicle can provide collected information not only to a control source but also to one or more authenticated and verified computing devices.
- the computing devices can remotely view, by streaming media, an interior or exterior of the vehicle, a current map location of the vehicle, and the like.
- the computing device can remotely control one or more operations of the vehicle, such as destination, waypoint, infotainment settings, speed, route selection, and the like.
- the computing device can remotely communicate with occupants via the infotainment system.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a vehicle 100 in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the electric vehicle 100 comprises a vehicle front 110 , vehicle aft or rear 120 , vehicle roof 130 , at least one vehicle side 160 , a vehicle undercarriage 140 , and a vehicle interior 150 .
- the vehicle 100 may include a frame 104 and one or more body panels 108 mounted or affixed thereto.
- the vehicle 100 may include one or more interior components (e.g., components inside an interior space 150 , or user space, of a vehicle 100 , etc.), exterior components (e.g., components outside of the interior space 150 , or user space, of a vehicle 100 , etc.), drive systems, controls systems, structural components, etc.
- the vehicle 100 described herein may include any conveyance or model of a conveyance, where the conveyance was designed for the purpose of moving one or more tangible objects, such as people, animals, cargo, and the like.
- vehicle does not require that a conveyance moves or is capable of movement.
- Typical vehicles may include but are in no way limited to cars, trucks, motorcycles, busses, automobiles, trains, railed conveyances, boats, ships, marine conveyances, submarine conveyances, airplanes, space craft, flying machines, human-powered conveyances, and the like.
- the vehicle 100 may include a number of sensors, devices, and/or systems that are capable of assisting in driving operations.
- the various sensors and systems may include, but are in no way limited to, one or more of cameras (e.g., independent, stereo, combined image, etc.), infrared (IR) sensors, radio frequency (RF) sensors, ultrasonic sensors (e.g., transducers, transceivers, etc.), RADAR sensors (e.g., object-detection sensors and/or systems), LIDAR systems, odometry sensors and/or devices (e.g., encoders, etc.), orientation sensors (e.g., accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometer, etc.), navigation sensors and systems (e.g., GPS, etc.), and other ranging, imaging, and/or object-detecting sensors.
- cameras e.g., independent, stereo, combined image, etc.
- IR infrared
- RF radio frequency
- ultrasonic sensors e.g.,
- the sensors may be disposed in an interior space 150 of the vehicle 100 and/or on an outside of the vehicle 100 .
- the sensors and systems may be disposed in one or more portions of a vehicle 100 (e.g., the frame 104 , a body panel, a compartment, etc.).
- the vehicle sensors and systems may be selected and/or configured to suit a level of operation associated with the vehicle 100 .
- the number of sensors used in a system may be altered to increase or decrease information available to a vehicle control system (e.g., affecting control capabilities of the vehicle 100 ).
- the sensors and systems may be part of one or more advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) associated with a vehicle 100 .
- ADAS advanced driver assistance systems
- the sensors and systems may be used to provide driving assistance at any level of operation (e.g., from fully-manual to fully-autonomous operations, etc.) as described herein.
- the various levels of vehicle control and/or operation can be described as corresponding to a level of autonomy associated with a vehicle 100 for vehicle driving operations.
- a driver e.g., a human driver
- the vehicle may be responsible for a limited number of the driving operations associated with the vehicle, while the driver is still responsible for most driving control operations.
- An example of a Level 1 vehicle may include a vehicle in which the throttle control and/or braking operations may be controlled by the vehicle (e.g., cruise control operations, etc.).
- Level 1 may be referred to as a “Driver Assistance” level.
- the vehicle may collect information (e.g., via one or more driving assistance systems, sensors, etc.) about an environment of the vehicle (e.g., surrounding area, roadway, traffic, ambient conditions, etc.) and use the collected information to control driving operations (e.g., steering, accelerating, braking, etc.) associated with the vehicle.
- driving operations e.g., steering, accelerating, braking, etc.
- Level 2 may be referred to as a “Partial Automation” level. It should be appreciated that Levels 0-2 all involve the driver monitoring the driving operations of the vehicle.
- the driver may be separated from controlling all the driving operations of the vehicle except when the vehicle makes a request for the operator to act or intervene in controlling one or more driving operations. In other words, the driver may be separated from controlling the vehicle unless the driver is required to take over for the vehicle. Level 3 may be referred to as a “Conditional Automation” level.
- Level 4 the driver may be separated from controlling all the driving operations of the vehicle and the vehicle may control driving operations even when a user fails to respond to a request to intervene. Level 4 may be referred to as a “High Automation” level.
- the vehicle can control all the driving operations associated with the vehicle in all driving modes. The vehicle in Level 5 may continually monitor traffic, vehicular, roadway, and/or exterior environmental conditions while driving the vehicle.
- Level 5 there is no human driver interaction required in any driving mode. Accordingly, Level 5 may be referred to as a “Full Automation” level. It should be appreciated that in Levels 3-5 the vehicle, and/or one or more automated driving systems associated with the vehicle, monitors the driving operations of the vehicle and the driving environment.
- the vehicle 100 may, for example, include at least one of a ranging and imaging system 112 (e.g., LIDAR, etc.), an imaging sensor 116 A, 116 F (e.g., camera, IR, etc.), a radio object-detection and ranging system sensors 116 B (e.g., RADAR, RF, etc.), ultrasonic sensors 116 C, and/or other object-detection sensors 116 D, 116 E.
- the LIDAR system 112 and/or sensors may be mounted on a roof 130 of the vehicle 100 .
- the RADAR sensors 116 B may be disposed at least at a front 110 , aft 120 , or side 160 of the vehicle 100 .
- the RADAR sensors may be used to monitor and/or detect a position of other vehicles, pedestrians, and/or other objects near, or proximal to, the vehicle 100 . While shown associated with one or more areas of a vehicle 100 , it should be appreciated that any of the sensors and systems 116 A-K, 112 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 may be disposed in, on, and/or about the vehicle 100 in any position, area, and/or zone of the vehicle 100 .
- FIG. 2 shows a vehicle sensing environment 200 at least partially defined by the sensors and systems 116 A-K, 112 disposed in, on, and/or about the vehicle 100 .
- Each sensor 116 A-K may include an operational detection range R and operational detection angle ⁇ .
- the operational detection range R may define the effective detection limit, or distance, of the sensor 116 A-K. In some cases, this effective detection limit may be defined as a distance from a portion of the sensor 116 A-K (e.g., a lens, sensing surface, etc.) to a point in space offset from the sensor 116 A-K.
- the effective detection limit may define a distance, beyond which, the sensing capabilities of the sensor 116 A-K deteriorate, fail to work, or are unreliable. In some embodiments, the effective detection limit may define a distance, within which, the sensing capabilities of the sensor 116 A-K are able to provide accurate and/or reliable detection information.
- the operational detection angle ⁇ may define at least one angle of a span, or between horizontal and/or vertical limits, of a sensor 116 A-K. As can be appreciated, the operational detection limit and the operational detection angle ⁇ of a sensor 116 A-K together may define the effective detection zone 216 A-D (e.g., the effective detection area, and/or volume, etc.) of a sensor 116 A-K.
- the vehicle 100 may include a ranging and imaging system 112 such as LIDAR, or the like.
- the ranging and imaging system 112 may be configured to detect visual information in an environment surrounding the vehicle 100 .
- the visual information detected in the environment surrounding the ranging and imaging system 112 may be processed (e.g., via one or more sensor and/or system processors, etc.) to generate a complete 360-degree view of an environment 200 around the vehicle.
- the ranging and imaging system 112 may be configured to generate changing 360-degree views of the environment 200 in real-time, for instance, as the vehicle 100 drives.
- the ranging and imaging system 112 may have an effective detection limit 204 that is some distance from the center of the vehicle 100 outward over 360 degrees.
- the effective detection limit 204 of the ranging and imaging system 112 defines a view zone 208 (e.g., an area and/or volume, etc.) surrounding the vehicle 100 . Any object falling outside of the view zone 208 is in the undetected zone 212 and would not be detected by the ranging and imaging system 112 of the vehicle 100 .
- a view zone 208 e.g., an area and/or volume, etc.
- Sensor data and information may be collected by one or more sensors or systems 116 A-K, 112 of the vehicle 100 monitoring the vehicle sensing environment 200 .
- This information may be processed (e.g., via a processor, computer-vision system, etc.) to determine targets (e.g., objects, signs, people, markings, roadways, conditions, etc.) inside one or more detection zones 208 , 216 A-D associated with the vehicle sensing environment 200 .
- targets e.g., objects, signs, people, markings, roadways, conditions, etc.
- information from multiple sensors 116 A-K may be processed to form composite sensor detection information.
- a first sensor 116 A and a second sensor 116 F may correspond to a first camera 116 A and a second camera 116 F aimed in a forward traveling direction of the vehicle 100 .
- images collected by the cameras 116 A, 116 F may be combined to form stereo image information.
- This composite information may increase the capabilities of a single sensor in the one or more sensors 116 A-K by, for example, adding the ability to determine depth associated with targets in the one or more detection zones 208 , 216 A-D.
- Similar image data may be collected by rear view cameras (e.g., sensors 116 G, 116 H) aimed in a rearward traveling direction vehicle 100 .
- multiple sensors 116 A-K may be effectively joined to increase a sensing zone and provide increased sensing coverage.
- multiple RADAR sensors 116 B disposed on the front 110 of the vehicle may be joined to provide a zone 216 B of coverage that spans across an entirety of the front 110 of the vehicle.
- the multiple RADAR sensors 116 B may cover a detection zone 216 B that includes one or more other sensor detection zones 216 A. These overlapping detection zones may provide redundant sensing, enhanced sensing, and/or provide greater detail in sensing within a particular portion (e.g., zone 216 A) of a larger zone (e.g., zone 216 B).
- the sensors 116 A-K of the vehicle 100 may be arranged to create a complete coverage, via one or more sensing zones 208 , 216 A-D around the vehicle 100 .
- the sensing zones 216 C of two or more sensors 116 D, 116 E may intersect at an overlap zone 220 .
- the angle and/or detection limit of two or more sensing zones 216 C, 216 D (e.g., of two or more sensors 116 E, 116 J, 116 K) may meet at a virtual intersection point 224 .
- the vehicle 100 may include a number of sensors 116 E, 116 G, 116 H, 116 J, 116 K disposed proximal to the rear 120 of the vehicle 100 .
- These sensors can include, but are in no way limited to, an imaging sensor, camera, IR, a radio object-detection and ranging sensors, RADAR, RF, ultrasonic sensors, and/or other object-detection sensors.
- these sensors 116 E, 116 G, 116 H, 116 J, 116 K may detect targets near or approaching the rear of the vehicle 100 .
- another vehicle approaching the rear 120 of the vehicle 100 may be detected by one or more of the ranging and imaging system (e.g., LIDAR) 112 , rear-view cameras 116 G, 116 H, and/or rear facing RADAR sensors 116 J, 116 K.
- the images from the rear-view cameras 116 G, 116 H may be processed to generate a stereo view (e.g., providing depth associated with an object or environment, etc.) for targets visible to both cameras 116 G, 116 H.
- the vehicle 100 may be driving and one or more of the ranging and imaging system 112 , front-facing cameras 116 A, 116 F, front-facing RADAR sensors 116 B, and/or ultrasonic sensors 116 C may detect targets in front of the vehicle 100 .
- This approach may provide critical sensor information to a vehicle control system in at least one of the autonomous driving levels described above.
- the sensor detection information may be sent to the vehicle control system of the vehicle 100 to control a driving operation (e.g., braking, decelerating, etc.) associated with the vehicle 100 (in this example, slowing the vehicle 100 as to avoid colliding with the stopped other vehicles).
- a driving operation e.g., braking, decelerating, etc.
- the vehicle 100 may be operating and one or more of the ranging and imaging system 112 , and/or the side-facing sensors 116 D, 116 E (e.g., RADAR, ultrasonic, camera, combinations thereof, and/or other type of sensor), may detect targets at a side of the vehicle 100 .
- the sensors 116 A-K may detect a target that is both at a side 160 and a front 110 of the vehicle 100 (e.g., disposed at a diagonal angle to a centerline of the vehicle 100 running from the front 110 of the vehicle 100 to the rear 120 of the vehicle). Additionally or alternatively, the sensors 116 A-K may detect a target that is both, or simultaneously, at a side 160 and a rear 120 of the vehicle 100 (e.g., disposed at a diagonal angle to the centerline of the vehicle 100 ).
- FIG. 3 is a is a block diagram of an embodiment of a communication environment 300 of the vehicle 100 in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the communication system 300 may include one or more vehicle driving vehicle sensors and systems 304 , sensor processors 340 , sensor data memory 344 , vehicle control system 348 , communications subsystem 350 , control data 364 , computing devices 368 , display devices 372 , and other components 374 that may be associated with a vehicle 100 .
- These associated components may be electrically and/or communicatively coupled to one another via at least one bus 360 .
- the one or more associated components may send and/or receive signals across a communication network 352 to at least one of a navigation source 356 A, a control source 356 B, or some other entity 356 N.
- the communication network 352 may comprise any type of known communication medium or collection of communication media and may use any type of protocols, such as SIP, TCP/IP, SNA, IPX, AppleTalk, and the like, to transport messages between endpoints.
- the communication network 352 may include wired and/or wireless communication technologies.
- the Internet is an example of the communication network 352 that constitutes an Internet Protocol (IP) network consisting of many computers, computing networks, and other communication devices located all over the world, which are connected through many telephone systems and other means.
- IP Internet Protocol
- the communication network 104 include, without limitation, a standard Plain Old Telephone System (POTS), an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Local Area Network (LAN), such as an Ethernet network, a Token-Ring network and/or the like, a Wide Area Network (WAN), a virtual network, including without limitation a virtual private network (“VPN”); the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a cellular network, an infra-red network; a wireless network (e.g., a network operating under any of the IEEE 802.9 suite of protocols, the Bluetooth® protocol known in the art, and/or any other wireless protocol), and any other type of packet-switched or circuit-switched network known in the art and/or any combination of these and/or other networks.
- POTS Plain Old Telephone System
- ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
- PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
- LAN Local Area Network
- VPN virtual private network
- the Internet an intranet, an extranet, a cellular
- the communication network 352 need not be limited to any one network type, and instead may be comprised of a number of different networks and/or network types.
- the communication network 352 may comprise a number of different communication media such as coaxial cable, copper cable/wire, fiber-optic cable, antennas for transmitting/receiving wireless messages, and combinations thereof.
- the driving vehicle sensors and systems 304 may include at least one navigation 308 (e.g., global positioning system (GPS), etc.), orientation 312 , odometry 316 , LIDAR 320 , RADAR 324 , ultrasonic 328 , camera 332 , infrared (IR) 336 , and/or other sensor or system 338 .
- GPS global positioning system
- IR infrared
- These driving vehicle sensors and systems 304 may be similar, if not identical, to the sensors and systems 116 A-K, 112 described in conjunction with FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- the navigation sensor 308 may include one or more sensors having receivers and antennas that are configured to utilize a satellite-based navigation system including a network of navigation satellites capable of providing geolocation and time information to at least one component of the vehicle 100 .
- Examples of the navigation sensor 308 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Garmin® GLOTM family of GPS and GLONASS combination sensors, Garmin® GPS 15xTM family of sensors, Garmin® GPS 16xTM family of sensors with high-sensitivity receiver and antenna, Garmin® GPS 18x OEM family of high-sensitivity GPS sensors, Dewetron DEWE-VGPS series of GPS sensors, GlobalSat 1-Hz series of GPS sensors, other industry-equivalent navigation sensors and/or systems, and may perform navigational and/or geolocation functions using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture.
- the orientation sensor 312 may include one or more sensors configured to determine an orientation of the vehicle 100 relative to at least one reference point.
- the orientation sensor 312 may include at least one pressure transducer, stress/strain gauge, accelerometer, gyroscope, and/or geomagnetic sensor.
- Examples of the navigation sensor 308 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Bosch Sensortec BMX 160 series low-power absolute orientation sensors, Bosch Sensortec BMX055 9-axis sensors, Bosch Sensortec BMI055 6-axis inertial sensors, Bosch Sensortec BMI160 6-axis inertial sensors, Bosch Sensortec BMF055 9-axis inertial sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer) with integrated Cortex M0+ microcontroller, Bosch Sensortec BMP280 absolute barometric pressure sensors, Infineon TLV493D-A1B6 3D magnetic sensors, Infineon TLI493D-W1B6 3D magnetic sensors, Infineon TL family of 3D magnetic sensors, Murata Electronics SCC2000 series combined gyro sensor and accelerometer, Murata Electronics SCC1300 series combined gyro sensor and accelerometer, other industry-equivalent orientation sensors and/or systems, and may perform orientation detection and/or determination functions using any known or future-
- the odometry sensor and/or system 316 may include one or more components that is configured to determine a change in position of the vehicle 100 over time.
- the odometry system 316 may utilize data from one or more other sensors and/or systems 304 in determining a position (e.g., distance, location, etc.) of the vehicle 100 relative to a previously measured position for the vehicle 100 .
- the odometry sensors 316 may include one or more encoders, Hall speed sensors, and/or other measurement sensors/devices configured to measure a wheel speed, rotation, and/or number of revolutions made over time.
- Examples of the odometry sensor/system 316 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Infineon TLE4924/26/27/28C high-performance speed sensors, Infineon TL4941plusC(B) single chip differential Hall wheel-speed sensors, Infineon TL5041plusC Giant Mangnetoresistance (GMR) effect sensors, Infineon TL family of magnetic sensors, EPC Model 25SP Accu-CoderProTM incremental shaft encoders, EPC Model 30M compact incremental encoders with advanced magnetic sensing and signal processing technology, EPC Model 925 absolute shaft encoders, EPC Model 958 absolute shaft encoders, EPC Model MA36S/MA63S/SA36S absolute shaft encoders, DynaparTM F18 commutating optical encoder, DynaparTM HS35R family of phased array encoder sensors, other industry-equivalent odometry sensors and/or systems, and may perform change in position detection and/or determination functions using any known or future-developed standard and/or
- the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may include one or more components configured to measure distances to targets using laser illumination.
- the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may provide 3D imaging data of an environment around the vehicle 100 .
- the imaging data may be processed to generate a full 360-degree view of the environment around the vehicle 100 .
- the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may include a laser light generator configured to generate a plurality of target illumination laser beams (e.g., laser light channels). In some embodiments, this plurality of laser beams may be aimed at, or directed to, a rotating reflective surface (e.g., a mirror) and guided outwardly from the LIDAR sensor/system 320 into a measurement environment.
- a rotating reflective surface e.g., a mirror
- the rotating reflective surface may be configured to continually rotate 360 degrees about an axis, such that the plurality of laser beams is directed in a full 360-degree range around the vehicle 100 .
- a photodiode receiver of the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may detect when light from the plurality of laser beams emitted into the measurement environment returns (e.g., reflected echo) to the LIDAR sensor/system 320 .
- the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may calculate, based on a time associated with the emission of light to the detected return of light, a distance from the vehicle 100 to the illuminated target.
- the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may generate over 2.0 million points per second and have an effective operational range of at least 100 meters.
- Examples of the LIDAR sensor/system 320 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Velodyne® LiDARTM HDL-64E 64-channel LIDAR sensors, Velodyne® LiDARTM HDL-32E 32-channel LIDAR sensors, Velodyne® LiDARTM PUCKTM VLP-16 16-channel LIDAR sensors, Leica Geosystems Pegasus:Two mobile sensor platform, Garmin® LIDAR-Lite v3 measurement sensor, Quanergy M8 LiDAR sensors, Quanergy S3 solid state LiDAR sensor, LeddarTech® LeddarVU compact solid state fixed-beam LIDAR sensors, other industry-equivalent LIDAR sensors and/or systems, and may perform illuminated target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around the vehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture.
- the RADAR sensors 324 may include one or more radio components that are configured to detect objects/targets in an environment of the vehicle 100 .
- the RADAR sensors 324 may determine a distance, position, and/or movement vector (e.g., angle, speed, etc.) associated with a target over time.
- the RADAR sensors 324 may include a transmitter configured to generate and emit electromagnetic waves (e.g., radio, microwaves, etc.) and a receiver configured to detect returned electromagnetic waves.
- the RADAR sensors 324 may include at least one processor configured to interpret the returned electromagnetic waves and determine locational properties of targets.
- Examples of the RADAR sensors 324 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Infineon RASICTM RTN7735PL transmitter and RRN7745PL/46PL receiver sensors, Autoliv ASP Vehicle RADAR sensors, Delphi L2C0051TR 77 GHz ESR Electronically Scanning Radar sensors, Fujitsu Ten Ltd. Automotive Compact 77 GHz 3D Electronic Scan Millimeter Wave Radar sensors, other industry-equivalent RADAR sensors and/or systems, and may perform radio target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around the vehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture.
- the ultrasonic sensors 328 may include one or more components that are configured to detect objects/targets in an environment of the vehicle 100 .
- the ultrasonic sensors 328 may determine a distance, position, and/or movement vector (e.g., angle, speed, etc.) associated with a target over time.
- the ultrasonic sensors 328 may include an ultrasonic transmitter and receiver, or transceiver, configured to generate and emit ultrasound waves and interpret returned echoes of those waves.
- the ultrasonic sensors 328 may include at least one processor configured to interpret the returned ultrasonic waves and determine locational properties of targets.
- Examples of the ultrasonic sensors 328 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Texas Instruments TIDA-00151 automotive ultrasonic sensor interface IC sensors, MaxBotix® MB8450 ultrasonic proximity sensor, MaxBotix® ParkSonarTM-EZ ultrasonic proximity sensors, Murata Electronics MA40H1S-R open-structure ultrasonic sensors, Murata Electronics MA40S4R/S open-structure ultrasonic sensors, Murata Electronics MA58MF14-7N waterproof ultrasonic sensors, other industry-equivalent ultrasonic sensors and/or systems, and may perform ultrasonic target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around the vehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture.
- the camera sensors 332 may include one or more components configured to detect image information associated with an environment of the vehicle 100 .
- the camera sensors 332 may include a lens, filter, image sensor, and/or a digital image processer. It is an aspect of the present disclosure that multiple camera sensors 332 may be used together to generate stereo images providing depth measurements.
- Examples of the camera sensors 332 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of ON Semiconductor® MT9V024 Global Shutter VGA GS CMOS image sensors, Teledyne DALSA Falcon2 camera sensors, CMOSIS CMV50000 high-speed CMOS image sensors, other industry-equivalent camera sensors and/or systems, and may perform visual target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around the vehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture.
- the infrared (IR) sensors 336 may include one or more components configured to detect image information associated with an environment of the vehicle 100 .
- the IR sensors 336 may be configured to detect targets in low-light, dark, or poorly-lit environments.
- the IR sensors 336 may include an IR light emitting element (e.g., IR light emitting diode (LED), etc.) and an IR photodiode.
- the IR photodiode may be configured to detect returned IR light at or about the same wavelength to that emitted by the IR light emitting element.
- the IR sensors 336 may include at least one processor configured to interpret the returned IR light and determine locational properties of targets.
- the IR sensors 336 may be configured to detect and/or measure a temperature associated with a target (e.g., an object, pedestrian, other vehicle, etc.).
- a target e.g., an object, pedestrian, other vehicle, etc.
- Examples of IR sensors 336 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Opto Diode lead-salt IR array sensors, Opto Diode OD-850 Near-IR LED sensors, Opto Diode SA/SHA727 steady state IR emitters and IR detectors, FLIR® LS microbolometer sensors, FLIR® TacFLIR 380-HD InSb MWIR FPA and HD MWIR thermal sensors, FLIR® VOx 640 ⁇ 480 pixel detector sensors, Delphi IR sensors, other industry-equivalent IR sensors and/or systems, and may perform IR visual target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around the vehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture.
- the driving vehicle sensors and systems 304 may include other sensors 338 and/or combinations of the sensors 308 - 336 described above. Additionally or alternatively, one or more of the sensors 308 - 336 described above may include one or more processors configured to process and/or interpret signals detected by the one or more sensors 308 - 336 . In some embodiments, the processing of at least some sensor information provided by the vehicle sensors and systems 304 may be processed by at least one sensor processor 340 . Raw and/or processed sensor data may be stored in a sensor data memory 344 storage medium. In some embodiments, the sensor data memory 344 may store instructions used by the sensor processor 340 for processing sensor information provided by the sensors and systems 304 .
- the sensor data memory 344 may be a disk drive, optical storage device, solid-state storage device such as a random access memory (“RAM”) and/or a read-only memory (“ROM”), which can be programmable, flash-updateable, and/or the like.
- RAM random access memory
- ROM read-only memory
- the vehicle control system 348 may receive processed sensor information from the sensor processor 340 and determine to control an aspect of the vehicle 100 . Controlling an aspect of the vehicle 100 may include presenting information via one or more display devices 372 associated with the vehicle, sending commands to one or more computing devices 368 associated with the vehicle, and/or controlling a driving operation of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the vehicle control system 348 may correspond to one or more computing systems that control driving operations of the vehicle 100 in accordance with the Levels of driving autonomy described above. In one embodiment, the vehicle control system 348 may operate a speed of the vehicle 100 by controlling an output signal to the accelerator and/or braking system of the vehicle.
- the vehicle control system 348 may receive sensor data describing an environment surrounding the vehicle 100 and, based on the sensor data received, determine to adjust the acceleration, power output, and/or braking of the vehicle 100 .
- the vehicle control system 348 may additionally control steering and/or other driving functions of the vehicle 100 .
- the vehicle control system 348 may communicate, in real-time, with the driving sensors and systems 304 forming a feedback loop.
- the vehicle control system 348 may autonomously make changes to a driving operation of the vehicle 100 .
- the vehicle control system 348 may then receive subsequent sensor information describing any change to the condition of the targets detected in the environment as a result of the changes made to the driving operation.
- This continual cycle of observation e.g., via the sensors, etc.
- action e.g., selected control or non-control of vehicle operations, etc.
- the one or more components of the vehicle 100 may communicate across the communication network 352 to one or more entities 356 A-N via a communications subsystem 350 of the vehicle 100 .
- a communications subsystem 350 Embodiments of the communications subsystem 350 are described in greater detail in conjunction with FIG. 5 .
- the navigation sensors 308 may receive global positioning, location, and/or navigational information from a navigation source 356 A.
- the navigation source 356 A may be a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) similar, if not identical, to NAVSTAR GPS, GLONASS, EU Galileo, and/or the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to name a few.
- GNSS global navigation satellite system
- the vehicle control system 348 may receive control information from one or more control sources 356 B.
- the control source 356 may provide vehicle control information including autonomous driving control commands, vehicle operation override control commands, and the like.
- the control source 356 may correspond to an autonomous vehicle control system, a traffic control system, an administrative control entity, and/or some other controlling server. It is an aspect of the present disclosure that the vehicle control system 348 and/or other components of the vehicle 100 may exchange communications with the control source 356 across the communication network 352 and via the communications subsystem 350 .
- control data memory 364 may store instructions used by the vehicle control system 348 for controlling driving operations of the vehicle 100 , historical control information, autonomous driving control rules, and the like.
- the control data memory 364 may be a disk drive, optical storage device, solid-state storage device such as a random access memory (“RAM”) and/or a read-only memory (“ROM”), which can be programmable, flash-updateable, and/or the like.
- the vehicle 100 may include a number of user interface devices.
- the user interface devices receive and translate human input into a mechanical movement or electrical signal or stimulus.
- the human input may be one or more of motion (e.g., body movement, body part movement, in two-dimensional or three-dimensional space, etc.), voice, touch, and/or physical interaction with the components of the vehicle 100 .
- the human input may be configured to control one or more functions of the vehicle 100 and/or systems of the vehicle 100 described herein.
- User interfaces may include, but are in no way limited to, at least one graphical user interface of a display device, steering wheel or mechanism, transmission lever or button (e.g., including park, neutral, reverse, and/or drive positions, etc.), throttle control pedal or mechanism, brake control pedal or mechanism, power control switch, communications equipment, etc.
- transmission lever or button e.g., including park, neutral, reverse, and/or drive positions, etc.
- FIG. 4 shows one embodiment of the instrument panel 400 of the vehicle 100 .
- the instrument panel 400 of vehicle 100 comprises a steering wheel 410 , a vehicle operational display 420 (e.g., configured to present and/or display driving data such as speed, measured air resistance, vehicle information, entertainment information, etc.), one or more auxiliary displays 424 (e.g., configured to present and/or display information segregated from the operational display 420 , entertainment applications, movies, music, etc.), a heads-up display 434 (e.g., configured to display any information previously described including, but in no way limited to, guidance information such as route to destination, or obstacle warning information to warn of a potential collision, or some or all primary vehicle operational data such as speed, resistance, etc.), a power management display 428 (e.g., configured to display data corresponding to electric power levels of vehicle 100 , reserve power, charging status, etc.), and an input device 432 (e.g., a controller, touchscreen, or other interface device configured to interface with one or more displays in the instrument
- the input device 432 may be configured as a joystick, mouse, touchpad, tablet, 3D gesture capture device, etc.). In some embodiments, the input device 432 may be used to manually maneuver a portion of the vehicle 100 into a charging position (e.g., moving a charging plate to a desired separation distance, etc.).
- the vehicle operational display may be a display incapable of receiving touch input.
- the operational display 420 that spans across an interior space centerline 404 and across both a first zone 408 A and a second zone 408 B may be isolated from receiving input from touch, especially from a passenger.
- a display that provides vehicle operation or critical systems information and interface may be restricted from receiving touch input and/or be configured as a non-touch display. This type of configuration can prevent dangerous mistakes in providing touch input where such input may cause an accident or unwanted control.
- one or more displays of the instrument panel 400 may be mobile devices and/or applications residing on a mobile device such as a smart phone. Additionally or alternatively, any of the information described herein may be presented to one or more portions 420 A-N of the operational display 420 or other display 424 , 428 , 434 . In one embodiment, one or more displays of the instrument panel 400 may be physically separated or detached from the instrument panel 400 . In some cases, a detachable display may remain tethered to the instrument panel.
- the portions 420 A-N of the operational display 420 may be dynamically reconfigured and/or resized to suit any display of information as described. Additionally or alternatively, the number of portions 420 A-N used to visually present information via the operational display 420 may be dynamically increased or decreased as required, and are not limited to the configurations shown.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a hardware diagram of communications componentry that can be optionally associated with the vehicle 100 in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the communications componentry can include one or more wired or wireless devices such as a transceiver(s) and/or modem that allows communications not only between the various systems disclosed herein but also with other devices, such as devices on a network, and/or on a distributed network such as the Internet and/or in the cloud and/or with other vehicle(s).
- a transceiver(s) and/or modem that allows communications not only between the various systems disclosed herein but also with other devices, such as devices on a network, and/or on a distributed network such as the Internet and/or in the cloud and/or with other vehicle(s).
- the communications subsystem 350 can also include inter- and intra-vehicle communications capabilities such as hotspot and/or access point connectivity for any one or more of the vehicle occupants and/or vehicle-to-vehicle communications.
- inter- and intra-vehicle communications capabilities such as hotspot and/or access point connectivity for any one or more of the vehicle occupants and/or vehicle-to-vehicle communications.
- the communications subsystem 350 can include one or more communications links (that can be wired or wireless) and/or communications busses (managed by the bus manager 574 ), including one or more of CANbus, OBD-II, ARCINC 429, Byteflight, CAN (Controller Area Network), D2B (Domestic Digital Bus), FlexRay, DC-BUS, IDB-1394, IEBus, I2C, ISO 9141-1/-2, J1708, J1587, J1850, J1939, ISO 11783, Keyword Protocol 2000, LIN (Local Interconnect Network), MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport), Multifunction Vehicle Bus, SMARTwireX, SPI, VAN (Vehicle Area Network), and the like or in general any communications protocol and/or standard(s).
- CANbus Controller Area Network
- OBD-II OBD-II
- ARCINC 429 Byteflight
- CAN Controller Area Network
- D2B Domestic Digital Bus
- FlexRay DC
- the various protocols and communications can be communicated one or more of wirelessly and/or over transmission media such as single wire, twisted pair, fiber optic, IEEE 1394, MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1773, power-line communication, or the like. (All of the above standards and protocols are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety).
- the communications subsystem 350 enables communications between any if the inter-vehicle systems and subsystems as well as communications with non-collocated resources, such as those reachable over a network such as the Internet.
- the communications subsystem 350 in addition to well-known componentry (which has been omitted for clarity), includes interconnected elements including one or more of: one or more antennas 504 , an interleaver/deinterleaver 508 , an analog front end (AFE) 512 , memory/storage/cache 516 , controller/microprocessor 520 , MAC circuitry 522 , modulator/demodulator 524 , encoder/decoder 528 , a plurality of connectivity managers 534 , 558 , 562 , 566 , GPU 540 , accelerator 544 , a multiplexer/demultiplexer 552 , transmitter 570 , receiver 572 and wireless radio 578 components such as a Wi-Fi PHY/Bluetooth® module 580 , a Wi-Fi/BT MAC module 584 , transmitter 588 and receiver 592 .
- the various elements in the device 350 are connected by one or more links/busses 5 (not shown, again for sake of clarity).
- the device 350 can have one more antennas 504 , for use in wireless communications such as multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communications, multi-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) communications Bluetooth®, LTE, 4G, 5G, Near-Field Communication (NFC), etc., and in general for any type of wireless communications.
- the antenna(s) 504 can include, but are not limited to one or more of directional antennas, omnidirectional antennas, monopoles, patch antennas, loop antennas, microstrip antennas, dipoles, and any other antenna(s) suitable for communication transmission/reception.
- transmission/reception using MIMO may require particular antenna spacing.
- MIMO transmission/reception can enable spatial diversity allowing for different channel characteristics at each of the antennas.
- MIMO transmission/reception can be used to distribute resources to multiple users for example within the vehicle 100 and/or in another vehicle.
- Antenna(s) 504 generally interact with the Analog Front End (AFE) 512 , which is needed to enable the correct processing of the received modulated signal and signal conditioning for a transmitted signal.
- the AFE 512 can be functionally located between the antenna and a digital baseband system in order to convert the analog signal into a digital signal for processing and vice-versa.
- the subsystem 350 can also include a controller/microprocessor 520 and a memory/storage/cache 516 .
- the subsystem 350 can interact with the memory/storage/cache 516 which may store information and operations necessary for configuring and transmitting or receiving the information described herein.
- the memory/storage/cache 516 may also be used in connection with the execution of application programming or instructions by the controller/microprocessor 520 , and for temporary or long term storage of program instructions and/or data.
- the memory/storage/cache 520 may comprise a computer-readable device, RAM, ROM, DRAM, SDRAM, and/or other storage device(s) and media.
- the controller/microprocessor 520 may comprise a general purpose programmable processor or controller for executing application programming or instructions related to the subsystem 350 . Furthermore, the controller/microprocessor 520 can perform operations for configuring and transmitting/receiving information as described herein.
- the controller/microprocessor 520 may include multiple processor cores, and/or implement multiple virtual processors.
- the controller/microprocessor 520 may include multiple physical processors.
- the controller/microprocessor 520 may comprise a specially configured Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or other integrated circuit, a digital signal processor(s), a controller, a hardwired electronic or logic circuit, a programmable logic device or gate array, a special purpose computer, or the like.
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
- the subsystem 350 can further include a transmitter 570 and receiver 572 which can transmit and receive signals, respectively, to and from other devices, subsystems and/or other destinations using the one or more antennas 504 and/or links/busses.
- a transmitter 570 and receiver 572 which can transmit and receive signals, respectively, to and from other devices, subsystems and/or other destinations using the one or more antennas 504 and/or links/busses.
- Included in the subsystem 350 circuitry is the medium access control or MAC Circuitry 522 .
- MAC circuitry 522 provides for controlling access to the wireless medium.
- the MAC circuitry 522 may be arranged to contend for the wireless medium and configure frames or packets for communicating over the wired/wireless medium.
- the subsystem 350 can also optionally contain a security module (not shown).
- This security module can contain information regarding but not limited to, security parameters required to connect the device to one or more other devices or other available network(s), and can include WEP or WPA/WPA-2 (optionally+AES and/or TKIP) security access keys, network keys, etc.
- WEP security access key is a security password used by Wi-Fi networks. Knowledge of this code can enable a wireless device to exchange information with an access point and/or another device. The information exchange can occur through encoded messages with the WEP access code often being chosen by the network administrator.
- WPA is an added security standard that is also used in conjunction with network connectivity with stronger encryption than WEP.
- the communications subsystem 350 also includes a GPU 540 , an accelerator 544 , a Wi-Fi/BT/BLE PHY module 580 and a Wi-Fi/BT/BLE MAC module 584 and wireless transmitter 588 and receiver 592 .
- the GPU 540 may be a graphics processing unit, or visual processing unit, comprising at least one circuit and/or chip that manipulates and changes memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer for output to at least one display device.
- the GPU 540 may include one or more of a display device connection port, printed circuit board (PCB), a GPU chip, a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), memory (e.g., single data rate random-access memory (SDRAM), double data rate random-access memory (DDR) RAM, etc., and/or combinations thereof), a secondary processing chip (e.g., handling video out capabilities, processing, and/or other functions in addition to the GPU chip, etc.), a capacitor, heatsink, temperature control or cooling fan, motherboard connection, shielding, and the like.
- PCB printed circuit board
- MOSFET metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
- memory e.g., single data rate random-access memory (SDRAM), double data rate random-access memory (DDR) RAM, etc., and/or combinations thereof
- secondary processing chip e.g., handling video out capabilities, processing, and/or other functions in addition to the GPU chip, etc.
- a capacitor heat
- the various connectivity managers 534 , 558 , 562 , 566 manage and/or coordinate communications between the subsystem 350 and one or more of the systems disclosed herein and one or more other devices/systems.
- the connectivity managers 534 , 558 , 562 , 566 include a charging connectivity manager 534 , a vehicle database connectivity manager 558 , a remote operating system connectivity manager 562 , and a sensor connectivity manager 566 .
- the charging connectivity manager 534 can coordinate not only the physical connectivity between the vehicle 100 and a charging device/vehicle, but can also communicate with one or more of a power management controller, one or more third parties and optionally a billing system(s).
- the vehicle 100 can establish communications with the charging device/vehicle to one or more of coordinate interconnectivity between the two (e.g., by spatially aligning the charging receptacle on the vehicle with the charger on the charging vehicle) and optionally share navigation information.
- the amount of charge provided can be tracked and optionally forwarded to, for example, a third party for billing.
- the charging connectivity manager 534 can also communicate information, such as billing information to the charging vehicle and/or a third party.
- This billing information could be, for example, the owner of the vehicle, the driver/occupant(s) of the vehicle, company information, or in general any information usable to charge the appropriate entity for the power received.
- the vehicle database connectivity manager 558 allows the subsystem to receive and/or share information stored in the vehicle database. This information can be shared with other vehicle components/subsystems and/or other entities, such as third parties and/or charging systems. The information can also be shared with one or more vehicle occupant devices, such as an app (application) on a mobile device the driver uses to track information about the vehicle 100 and/or a dealer or service/maintenance provider. In general any information stored in the vehicle database can optionally be shared with any one or more other devices optionally subject to any privacy or confidentially restrictions.
- the remote operating system connectivity manager 562 facilitates communications between the vehicle 100 and any one or more autonomous vehicle systems. These communications can include one or more of navigation information, vehicle information, other vehicle information, weather information, occupant information, or in general any information related to the remote operation of the vehicle 100 .
- the sensor connectivity manager 566 facilitates communications between any one or more of the vehicle sensors (e.g., the driving vehicle sensors and systems 304 , etc.) and any one or more of the other vehicle systems.
- the sensor connectivity manager 566 can also facilitate communications between any one or more of the sensors and/or vehicle systems and any other destination, such as a service company, app, or in general to any destination where sensor data is needed.
- any of the communications discussed herein can be communicated via the conductor(s) used for charging.
- One exemplary protocol usable for these communications is Power-line communication (PLC).
- PLC is a communication protocol that uses electrical wiring to simultaneously carry both data, and Alternating Current (AC) electric power transmission or electric power distribution. It is also known as power-line carrier, power-line digital subscriber line (PDSL), mains communication, power-line telecommunications, or power-line networking (PLN).
- PLC can be used in conjunction with CAN-bus, LIN-bus over power line (DC-LIN) and DC-BUS.
- the communications subsystem can also optionally manage one or more identifiers, such as an IP (internet protocol) address(es), associated with the vehicle and one or other system or subsystems or components therein. These identifiers can be used in conjunction with any one or more of the connectivity managers as discussed herein.
- IP internet protocol
- FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of a computing environment 600 that may function as the servers, user computers, or other systems provided and described herein.
- the computing environment 600 includes one or more user computers, or computing devices, such as a vehicle computing device 604 , a communication device 608 , and/or more 612 .
- the computing devices 604 , 608 , 612 may include general purpose personal computers (including, merely by way of example, personal computers, and/or laptop computers running various versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows® and/or Apple Corp.'s Macintosh® operating systems) and/or workstation computers running any of a variety of commercially-available UNIX® or UNIX-like operating systems.
- These computing devices 604 , 608 , 612 may also have any of a variety of applications, including for example, database client and/or server applications, and web browser applications.
- the computing devices 604 , 608 , 612 may be any other electronic device, such as a thin-client computer, Internet-enabled mobile telephone, and/or personal digital assistant, capable of communicating via a network 352 and/or displaying and navigating web pages or other types of electronic documents.
- the exemplary computing environment 600 is shown with two computing devices, any number of user computers or computing devices may be supported.
- the computing environment 600 may also include one or more servers 614 , 616 .
- server 614 is shown as a web server and server 616 is shown as an application server.
- the web server 614 which may be used to process requests for web pages or other electronic documents from computing devices 604 , 608 , 612 .
- the web server 614 can be running an operating system including any of those discussed above, as well as any commercially-available server operating systems.
- the web server 614 can also run a variety of server applications, including SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) servers, HTTP(s) servers, FTP servers, CGI servers, database servers, Java servers, and the like.
- the web server 614 may publish operations available operations as one or more web services.
- the computing environment 600 may also include one or more file and or/application servers 616 , which can, in addition to an operating system, include one or more applications accessible by a client running on one or more of the computing devices 604 , 608 , 612 .
- the server(s) 616 and/or 614 may be one or more general purpose computers capable of executing programs or scripts in response to the computing devices 604 , 608 , 612 .
- the server 616 , 614 may execute one or more web applications.
- the web application may be implemented as one or more scripts or programs written in any programming language, such as JavaTM, C, C#®, or C++, and/or any scripting language, such as Perl, Python, or TCL, as well as combinations of any programming/scripting languages.
- the application server(s) 616 may also include database servers, including without limitation those commercially available from Oracle®, Microsoft®, Sybase®, IBM® and the like, which can process requests from database clients running on a computing device 604 , 608 , 612 .
- the web pages created by the server 614 and/or 616 may be forwarded to a computing device 604 , 608 , 612 via a web (file) server 614 , 616 .
- the web server 614 may be able to receive web page requests, web services invocations, and/or input data from a computing device 604 , 608 , 612 (e.g., a user computer, etc.) and can forward the web page requests and/or input data to the web (application) server 616 .
- the server 616 may function as a file server.
- FIGS. 1-6 illustrate a separate web server 614 and file/application server 616 , those skilled in the art will recognize that the functions described with respect to servers 614 , 616 may be performed by a single server and/or a plurality of specialized servers, depending on implementation-specific needs and parameters.
- the computer systems 604 , 608 , 612 , web (file) server 614 and/or web (application) server 616 may function as the system, devices, or components described in FIGS. 1-6 .
- the computing environment 600 may also include a database 618 .
- the database 618 may reside in a variety of locations.
- database 618 may reside on a storage medium local to (and/or resident in) one or more of the computers 604 , 608 , 612 , 614 , 616 .
- it may be remote from any or all of the computers 604 , 608 , 612 , 614 , 616 , and in communication (e.g., via the network 610 ) with one or more of these.
- the database 618 may reside in a storage-area network (“SAN”) familiar to those skilled in the art.
- SAN storage-area network
- any necessary files for performing the functions attributed to the computers 604 , 608 , 612 , 614 , 616 may be stored locally on the respective computer and/or remotely, as appropriate.
- the database 618 may be a relational database, such as Oracle 20i®, that is adapted to store, update, and retrieve data in response to SQL-formatted commands.
- FIG. 7 illustrates one embodiment of a computer system 700 upon which the servers, user computers, computing devices, or other systems or components described above may be deployed or executed.
- the computer system 700 is shown comprising hardware elements that may be electrically coupled via a bus 704 .
- the hardware elements may include one or more central processing units (CPUs) 708 ; one or more input devices 712 (e.g., a mouse, a keyboard, etc.); and one or more output devices 716 (e.g., a display device, a printer, etc.).
- the computer system 700 may also include one or more storage devices 720 .
- storage device(s) 720 may be disk drives, optical storage devices, solid-state storage devices such as a random access memory (“RAM”) and/or a read-only memory (“ROM”), which can be programmable, flash-updateable and/or the like.
- RAM random access memory
- ROM read-only memory
- the computer system 700 may additionally include a computer-readable storage media reader 724 ; a communications system 728 (e.g., a modem, a network card (wireless or wired), an infra-red communication device, etc.); and working memory 736 , which may include RAM and ROM devices as described above.
- the computer system 700 may also include a processing acceleration unit 732 , which can include a DSP, a special-purpose processor, and/or the like.
- the computer-readable storage media reader 724 can further be connected to a computer-readable storage medium, together (and, optionally, in combination with storage device(s) 720 ) comprehensively representing remote, local, fixed, and/or removable storage devices plus storage media for temporarily and/or more permanently containing computer-readable information.
- the communications system 728 may permit data to be exchanged with a network and/or any other computer described above with respect to the computer environments described herein.
- the term “storage medium” may represent one or more devices for storing data, including read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic RAM, core memory, magnetic disk storage mediums, optical storage mediums, flash memory devices and/or other machine readable mediums for storing information.
- the computer system 700 may also comprise software elements, shown as being currently located within a working memory 736 , including an operating system 740 and/or other code 744 . It should be appreciated that alternate embodiments of a computer system 700 may have numerous variations from that described above. For example, customized hardware might also be used and/or particular elements might be implemented in hardware, software (including portable software, such as applets), or both. Further, connection to other computing devices such as network input/output devices may be employed.
- Examples of the processors 340 , 708 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Qualcomm® Qualcomm® Qualcomm® 800 and 801 , Qualcomm® Qualcomm® Qualcomm® Fuel® 620 and 615 with 4G LTE Integration and 64-bit computing, Apple® A7 processor with 64-bit architecture, Apple® M7 motion coprocessors, Samsung® Exynos® series, the Intel® CoreTM family of processors, the Intel® Xeon® family of processors, the Intel® AtomTM family of processors, the Intel Itanium® family of processors, Intel® Core® i5-4670K and i7-4770K 22 nm Haswell, Intel® Core® i5-3570K 22 nm Ivy Bridge, the AMD® FXTM family of processors, AMD® FX-4300, FX-6300, and FX-8350 32 nm Vishera, AMD® Kaveri processors, Texas Instruments® Jacinto C6000TM automotive infotainment processors, Texas Instruments® OMAPTM automotive
- the intelligent vehicle 100 can automatically determine and allow access, control, programming, etc., based on an authentication of one or more users associated with the vehicle.
- the users can be an owner or operator of the vehicle, a passenger of the vehicle, or another person in a trusted relationship with the owner or operator or passenger of the vehicle.
- Authentication may utilize any authentication technique including facial recognition (of users inside and/or outside of a vehicle), trusted device recognition (e.g., determining a user in proximity to the vehicle has a trusted key set by a vehicle administrator, etc.), voice recognition, heat signature, etc., and/or combinations thereof.
- This authentication may be transferred or assigned to users other than an owner or operator of the vehicle (e.g., via a token sent from the vehicle to a mobile device of another, etc.).
- the intelligent vehicle can provide collected information not only to a control source but also to one or more authenticated and verified computing devices.
- the computing devices can remotely view, by streaming media, an interior or exterior of the vehicle, a current map location of the vehicle, a current or historic route of the vehicle, and the like.
- the computing device can remotely control one or more operations of the vehicle, such as destination selection, waypoint selection, infotainment settings, vehicle speed, route selection, door locking and unlocking, window opening and closing, local network settings and availability to on board computing devices, and the like.
- the computing device can remotely communicate with occupants via the infotainment system.
- the autonomous driving system 900 includes an autonomous driving agent 904 in communication with an automatic vehicle location system 908 , sensor connectivity manager 566 and associated first, second, . . . Mth sensors 912 a -M, user interface 920 , and authentication system 978 , and having access via working memory 736 or communication systems 728 to the sensed object information 970 , sensed occupant information 916 , object profiles 974 , vehicle-related information 982 , exterior environmental information 986 , and navigation information 924 .
- the automatic vehicle location system 908 is in communication with the GPS/Nav sensor 308 to acquire current vehicle position coordinates, which position coordinates are then correlated by the map database manager 812 to a position on a road.
- Dead reckoning using distance data from one or more sensors attached to the drive train, a gyroscope sensor 312 and/or an accelerometer sensor 312 can be used for greater reliability, as GPS signal loss and/or multipath can occur due to the map database manager 812 , such as due to a cellular signal dead or low signal strength area or passage of the vehicle through a tunnel.
- the sensed object information 970 refers to sensed information regarding objects external to the vehicle.
- Examples include animate objects such as animals and attributes thereof (e.g., animal type, current spatial location, current activity, etc.), and pedestrians and attributes thereof (e.g., identity, age, sex, current spatial location, current activity, etc.), and the like and inanimate objects and attributes thereof such as other vehicles (e.g., current vehicle state or activity (parked or in motion or level of automation currently employed), occupant or operator identity, vehicle type (truck, car, etc.), vehicle spatial location, etc.), curbs (topography and spatial location), potholes (size and spatial location), lane division markers (type or color and spatial locations), signage (type or color and spatial locations such as speed limit signs, yield signs, stop signs, and other restrictive or warning signs), traffic signals (e.g., red, yellow, blue, green, etc.), buildings (spatial locations), walls (height and spatial locations), barricades (height and spatial location), and the like.
- other vehicles e
- the sensed occupant information 916 refers to sensed information regarding occupants internal to the vehicle. Examples include the number and identities of occupants and attributes thereof (e.g., seating position, age, sex, gaze direction, biometric information, authentication information, preferences, historic behavior patterns (such as current or historical user driving behavior, historical user route, destination, and waypoint preferences), nationality, ethnicity and race, language preferences (e.g., Spanish, English, Chinese, etc.), current occupant role (e.g., operator or passenger), occupant priority ranking (e.g., vehicle owner is given a higher ranking than a child occupant), electronic calendar information (e.g., OutlookTM), and medical information and history, etc.
- occupants and attributes thereof e.g., seating position, age, sex, gaze direction, biometric information, authentication information, preferences, historic behavior patterns (such as current or historical user driving behavior, historical user route, destination, and waypoint preferences), nationality, ethnicity and race, language preferences (e.g., Spanish, English, Chinese, etc.
- the vehicle-related information 982 refers to sensed information regarding the selected vehicle. Examples include vehicle manufacturer, type, model, year of manufacture, current geographic location, current vehicle state or activity (parked or in motion or level of automation currently employed), vehicle specifications and capabilities, currently sensed operational parameters for the vehicle, and other information.
- the exterior environmental information 986 refers to sensed information regarding the external environment of the selected vehicle. Examples include road type (pavement, gravel, brick, etc.), road condition (e.g., wet, dry, icy, snowy, etc.), weather condition (e.g., outside temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, etc.), ambient light conditions (e.g., time-of-day), degree of development of vehicle surroundings (e.g., urban or rural), and the like.
- road type pavement, gravel, brick, etc.
- road condition e.g., wet, dry, icy, snowy, etc.
- weather condition e.g., outside temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, etc.
- ambient light conditions e.g., time-of-day
- degree of development of vehicle surroundings e.g., urban or rural
- the first, second, . . . mth sensors 912 a - m can collect the sensed object information 970 , sensed occupant information 916 , vehicle-related information 982 , and exterior environmental information 986 .
- mth sensors 912 a - m include the sensors or systems 116 A-K, 112 , 312 , 316 , 320 , 324 , 328 , 332 , 336 , and 338 discussed above, a camera to capture images of interior objects (such as occupants), a seat belt sensor to determine seat belt settings (e.g., dosed or open), a seat weight sensor settings, a microphone to capture audio within the vehicle (such as occupant comments which are then input into a speech-to-text engine to determine or identify one or more words spoken by an occupant), a wireless network node that receives unique identifiers of occupant portable computing devices (which identifiers can be associated with a corresponding occupant to identify the occupant), and the like.
- a portable computing device of the occupant can be employed as a sensor that tracks occupant behavior while the occupant is in the vehicle.
- the information collected by the sensors is received by the sensor connectivity manager 566 and provided to the autonomous driving agent 904 and/or to the profile database manager.
- the user interface 920 receives user commands and other input, such as user selections, preferences, and settings that are used in configuring, determining, and selecting vehicle parameters, settings, or operations, such as navigation route selection, acceptable rates of acceleration and deceleration, acceptable minimum inter-object spacing distance, and acceptable steering lines, and stimuli or events triggering associated rule-based actions.
- the user interface 920 can be one or more of vehicle instrument panel 400 , vehicle operational display 420 , heads-up display 434 , and power management display 428 . It can also be a portable computational or communication device of an occupant.
- the authentication system 978 authenticates occupants and individuals and computing devices 608 external to the vehicle. Authentication of an occupant or external individual or remote computing device can be important in performing an autonomous operation, such as locking or unlocking a door of the vehicle, raising or lowering a window, stopping or parking the vehicle, selecting a vehicle speed, and the like, or changing an autonomous operating parameter or configuration, such as route, waypoint, or destination selection, infotainment setting, maximum vehicle speed, and the like.
- Authentication can be a single- or multi-factor authentication.
- Multi-factor authentication enables or permits the operation or function to be performed or access to be granted only after an authentication mechanism successfully verifies or validates multiple items of information (“authentication information”). Any number of factors can be used for authentication.
- authentication information Any number of factors can be used for authentication.
- the use of multiple authentication factors in authentication assumes that an unauthorized actor is unlikely to supply the factors required for access, if, in an authentication attempt, at least one of the components is missing or supplied incorrectly, authentication is not successful and the requested function or access or other operation is denied.
- Authentication can use a credential or key generated or derived by a cryptographic algorithm or engine from multiple factors.
- the key can be an authentication key, benign key, content-encryption key, crypto ignition key, cryptovariable, derived key, electronic key, ephemeral key, key encryption key, key production key, master key, master encryption key, public/private key, session key, symmetric key, asymmetric key, traffic encryption key, transmission security key, seed key, signature key, or stream key.
- Exemplary cryptographic algorithms used for key generation and/or authentication include a key derivation function, keystream generator, cryptographic hash function, key derivation function, cryptographic pseudorandom number generator, cryptanalytic algorithm, broken cryptography algorithm, asymmetric key algorithm, information-theoretically secure algorithm, integer factorization algorithm, symmetric key algorithm, Type 1, 2, or 2 3 encryption algorithm, advanced access content system, cipher block chain, and the like.
- Biometric data relates to a metric of a physiological or behavioral human characteristic.
- Physiological characteristics are related to the shape of the body. Examples include, but are not limited to, fingerprint, palm veins, face recognition (e.g., facial characteristic or digital face mapping parameter(s)), DNA, palm print, hand geometry (e.g., hand geometry characteristic or digital hand geometry mapping parameter(s)), iris recognition (e.g., iris characteristic or digital iris mapping parameter(s)), retina (e.g., retina characteristic or digital retina mapping parameter(s)), and odor and/or scent.
- Behavioral characteristics are related to the pattern of behavior of a person, including, but not limited to, typing rhythm, typing speed, pattern in key press intervals, gait, and voice (e.g., voice audible or spectral characteristic or digital voice print mapping parameter(s)).
- voice e.g., voice audible or spectral characteristic or digital voice print mapping parameter(s)
- Operator, passenger, or external individual portable computing device or communication device 608 factors include keyless remote identifier, communication device Electronic Serial Number (“ESN”), Mobile Equipment Identifier (“MEID”), International Mobile Equipment Identity (“MEI”), International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) number (stored on a Subscriber Identity Module (“SIM”) card), Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (“TMSI”), telephone number, an Internet Protocol address, Mobile IP (“MIP”) or other electronic address (optionally in conjunction with one or more public/private keys).
- ESN Electronic Serial Number
- MEID Mobile Equipment Identifier
- MEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
- IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
- SIM Subscriber Identity Module
- TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
- telephone number an Internet Protocol address
- MIP Mobile IP
- MIP Mobile IP
- MIP Mobile IP
- keyless remotes contain a short-range radio transmitter and must be within a certain range, usually about 5-20 meters, of the wireless radio signal receiver unit in the car to operate.
- a button on the keyless remote is pushed, the keyless remote sends a coded signal by radio waves to the receiver unit in the car.
- Keyless remotes typically operate at a frequency of about 315 MHz for North America-made cars and at about 433.92 MHz for European, Japanese and Asian cars.
- ESNs are often represented as either 11-digit decimal numbers or 8 digit hexadecimal numbers.
- the decimal format the first three digits are the decimal representation of the first 8 bits (between 000 and 255 inclusive) and the next 8 digits are derived from the remaining 24 bits and will be between 00000000 and 16777215 inclusive.
- the decimal format of pseudo ESNs will therefore begin with 128.
- the decimal format separately displays 8 bit manufacturer codes in the first 3 digits, but 14 bit codes are not displayed as separate digits.
- the hexadecimal format displays an ESN as 8 digits and also does not separately display 14 bit manufacturer codes which occupy 3.5 hexadecimal digits.
- a mobile equipment identifier is a globally unique number identifying a physical piece of CDMA2000 mobile station equipment.
- the number format is defined by the 3GPP2 report SR0048 but in practical terms, it can be seen as an IMEI (discussed below) but with hexadecimal digits.
- An MEID is 56 bits long (14 hex digits). It comprises three fields, including an 8-bit regional code (RR), a 24-bit manufacturer code, and a 24-bit manufacturer-assigned serial number.
- RR regional code
- CD manufacturer-assigned serial number
- the IMEI (15 decimal digits: 14 digits plus a check digit) or IMEISV (16 digits) includes information on the origin, model, and serial number of the device.
- the structure of the IMEI/SV is specified in 3GPP TS 23.003.
- the model and origin comprise the initial 8-digit portion of the IMEI/SV, known as the Type Allocation Code (TAC).
- TAC Type Allocation Code
- the remainder of the IMEI is manufacturer-defined, with a Luhn check digit at the end.
- the International Mobile Subscriber Identity or IMSI is used to identify the user of a cellular network and is a unique identification associated with all cellular networks. It is stored as a 64 bit field and is sent by the phone to the network. An IMSI is usually presented as a 15 digit number, but can be shorter. The first 3 digits are the mobile country code (MCC), which are followed by the mobile network code (MNC), either 2 digits (European standard) or 3 digits (North American standard). The length of the MNC depends on the value of the MCC. The remaining digits are the mobile subscription identification number (MSIN) within the network's customer base.
- MCC mobile country code
- MNC mobile network code
- MSIN mobile subscription identification number
- the Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity is the identity that is most commonly sent between the mobile and the network. TMSI is randomly assigned by the Visitor Location Register (“VLR”) to every mobile in the area, the moment it is switched on. The number is local to a location area, and so it has to be updated each time the mobile moves to a new geographical area.
- VLR Visitor Location Register
- the Mobile IP allows for location-independent routing of IP datagrams on the Internet. Each mobile node is identified by its home address disregarding its current location in the Internet. While away from its home network, a mobile node is associated with a care-of address which identifies its current location and its home address is associated with the local endpoint of a tunnel to its home agent. Mobile IP specifies how a mobile node registers with its home agent and how the home agent routes datagrams to the mobile node through the tunnel.
- the portable communication device 608 or vehicle 100 can also use, as a factor, a valid passcode provided to the communication device 608 or vehicle 100 for authentication purposes. If the user has already used a sequence of digits (passcode), this is automatically deleted and the authenticating server or server requesting authentication can send a new code to the communication device 608 . If the new code is not entered within a specified time limit, the authentication system 978 or the control source automatically sends a new passcode. This ensures that no old, already used codes are left on mobile devices or in vehicle memory. For added security, it is possible to specify how many incorrect entries are permitted before the authenticating server blocks access.
- passcode a sequence of digits
- the unique identifier whether a keyless remote identifier, communication device Electronic Serial Number (“ESN”), Mobile Equipment Identifier (“MEID”), International Mobile Equipment Identity (“MEI”), International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) number (stored on a Subscriber Identity Module (“SIM”) card), Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (“TMSI”), telephone number, or Mobile IP (“MIP”) (optionally in conjunction with one or more public/private keys), can be sent by the control source 356 B to the vehicle 100 , a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior, or a portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle to enable successful authentication.
- ESN Electronic Serial Number
- MEID Mobile Equipment Identifier
- MEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
- IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
- SIM Subscriber Identity Module
- TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
- MIP Mobile IP
- the unique identifier can be associated with the vehicle 100 , such as the communications subsystem 350 or a component thereof, a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior, or a portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle.
- the unique identifier of the communications subsystem 350 or a component thereof or a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior is provided to a portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle.
- the unique identifier of a portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle is provided to the communications subsystem 350 or a component thereof or a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior.
- both the portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle on the one hand and the communications subsystem 350 or a component thereof or a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior on the other have a common unique identifier that enables single- or multi-factor authentication to be performed successfully.
- the navigation information 924 can take many forms depending on the configuration.
- the navigation information 924 received by the vehicle from the automatic vehicle location system is provided, via network 352 , to the navigation source 356 A, it can be the map or other navigation information provided by the navigation source 356 A to the occupant, including possible routes and is periodically updated with selected route map information.
- the navigation information is received by the automatic vehicle location system and used by the vehicle itself to configure, determine or select possible routes, it is map information from the navigation source 356 A that is selected based on a requests received by the navigation source 356 A from the vehicle 100 .
- the request can include the current vehicle location and the locations of the user selected waypoints and destination.
- the navigation source 356 A commonly stores the navigation information 924 as graphs, or two or three dimensional arrays of objects with attributes of location and category, where some common categories include parks, roads, cities, and the like.
- a map database commonly represents a road network along with associated features, with the road network corresponding to a selected road network model.
- a model comprises basic elements (nodes, links and areas) of the road network and properties of those elements (location coordinates, shape, addresses, road class, speed range, etc.).
- the basic elements are referred to as features and the properties as attributes.
- Other information associated with the road network can also be included, such as points of interest, waypoints, building shapes, and political boundaries.
- GDF Geographic Data Files
- Each node within a map graph represents a point location of the surface of the earth and can be represented by a pair of longitude (lon) and latitude (lat) coordinates.
- Each link can represent a stretch of road between two nodes, and be represented by a line segment (corresponding to a straight section of road) or a curve having a shape that is generally described by intermediate points (called shape points) along the link.
- curves can also be represented by a combination of centroid (point or node), with a radius, and polar coordinates to define the boundaries of the curve.
- Shape points can be represented by longitude and latitude coordinates as are nodes, but shape points generally do not serve the purpose of connecting links, as do nodes. Areas are generally two- or three-dimensional shapes that represent things like parks
- the autonomous driving agent 904 controls the driving behavior of the vehicle in response to the current vehicle location, sensed object information 970 , sensed occupant information 916 , vehicle-related information 982 , exterior environmental information 986 , and navigation information 924 .
- the autonomous driving agent based on feedback from certain sensors, specifically the LIDAR and radar sensors positioned around the circumference of the vehicle, constructs a three-dimensional map in spatial proximity to the vehicle that enables the autonomous driving agent to identify and spatially locate animate and inanimate objects.
- sensors such as inertial measurement units, gyroscopes, wheel encoders, sonar sensors, motion sensors to perform odometry calculations with respect to nearby moving objects, and exterior facing cameras (e.g., to perform computer vision processing) can provide further contextual information for generation of a more accurate three-dimensional map.
- the navigation information is combined with the three-dimensional map to provide short, intermediate and long range course tracking and route selection.
- the autonomous driving system processes real-world information as well as GPS data, and driving speed to determine accurately the precise position of each vehicle, down to a few centimeters all while making corrections for nearby animate and inanimate objects.
- the autonomous driving agent 904 processes in real time the aggregate mapping information and models behavior of occupants of the current vehicle and other nearby animate objects and issues appropriate commands regarding vehicle operation. While some commands are hard-coded into the vehicle, such as stopping at red lights and stop signs, other responses are learned and recorded by profile updates based on previous driving experiences. Examples of learned behavior include a slow-moving or stopped vehicle or emergency vehicle in a right lane suggests a higher probability that the car following it will attempt to pass, a pot hole, rock, or other foreign object in the roadway equates to a higher probability that a driver will swerve to avoid it, and traffic congestion in one lane means that other drivers moving in the same direction will have a higher probability of passing in an adjacent lane or by driving on the shoulder.
- the autonomous driving agent 904 operates the vehicle 100 (in automatic mode) chauffeuring children to school.
- autonomous driving agent 904 may not unlock the locked doors of the vehicle 100 unless an individual located outside of the vehicle 100 and having a valid authentication is in a selected spatial proximity to, or predetermined distance of, a particular area or zone of the vehicle.
- the autonomous driving agent 904 may automatically look for the authenticated individual or his or her computing device 608 at particular times or based on a selected stimulus (e.g., when stopped to a selected location, when reaching a particular destination, at a preset time, when an individual or computing device are detected within spatial proximity to the particular area or zone of the vehicle, and the like).
- the autonomous driving agent 904 may require secondary authentication from an occupant of the vehicle before access or control to the vehicle is allowed.
- the children inside the vehicle may be required by the autonomous driving agent 904 to affirmatively state orally or by input into the user interface that the external individual having a first authentication is in fact authentic (e.g., a teacher, administrator, guardian ad litem, parent, etc.).
- a parent viewing a live video of the individual, via a computing device 608 may need to affirmatively state or indicate that the individual is in fact authentic. Only upon the secondary authentication will access be allowed. This technique provides the greater reliability in authentication afforded by multi-factor authentication.
- a parent can, by a successfully authenticated remote computing device 608 , such as a smart phone or tablet computer, access various displays connected with the vehicle 100 of the prior example, such as historic route or trace route of the vehicle 100 , currently selected route to be traveled by the vehicle 100 , current vehicle location, live video of the vehicle interior or exterior, and the like.
- the parent can scroll or switch back-and-forth among these various display options. For instance, the parent can select a first display containing the historic route or trace route of the vehicle 100 , a second display containing the currently selected route to be traveled by the vehicle 100 , a third display comprising live video of the vehicle interior, and a fourth display comprising live video of the vehicle exterior.
- the parent can, via the remote computing device 608 , alter an operation or setting or configuration of the autonomous driving agent 904 , such as route alteration, waypoint addition, change, or removal, destination change, infotainment setting, access of a portable computing device of a passenger or occupant to the local network within the vehicle, vehicle speed, door lock or unlock setting, window lock or unlock setting, and the like. If necessary, the parent can, via the remote computing device, broadcast over the vehicle infotainment system an audio or visual or multimedia message to the passengers.
- alter an operation or setting or configuration of the autonomous driving agent 904 such as route alteration, waypoint addition, change, or removal, destination change, infotainment setting, access of a portable computing device of a passenger or occupant to the local network within the vehicle, vehicle speed, door lock or unlock setting, window lock or unlock setting, and the like.
- the parent can, via the remote computing device, broadcast over the vehicle infotainment system an audio or visual or multimedia message to the passengers.
- the autonomous driving agent 904 operates the vehicle 100 (in automatic mode) to pick up a potential passenger.
- the potential passenger may have no prior or trusted relationship with the owner or operator.
- the vehicle could be operated by a paid transportation service, such as UberTM, LyftTM, Yellow CabTM, and the like and the passenger could be a fare awaiting pick up.
- both the potential passenger and vehicle 100 could be sent a token, credential, or other security mechanism.
- the vehicle will recognize the passenger by comparing the token, credential or other security mechanism provided by the passenger against the token, credential or other security mechanism received from the control source 356 B.
- the autonomous driving agent 904 unlocks one or more doors of the vehicle to permit the passenger to enter the vehicle interior. Based on sensor input, the autonomous driving agent can determine when the last passenger has safely entered the vehicle and commence driving.
- the token, credential, or other security mechanism may already be in the possession of the potential passenger, a computing device of the potential passenger, or the autonomous driving agent and is sent by the control source to the other of the potential passenger/a computing device of the potential passenger or the autonomous driving agent 904 as the case may be.
- the token, credential, or other security mechanism may be for instance a unique identifier such as a keyless remote identifier, communication device Electronic Serial Number (“ESN”), Mobile Equipment Identifier (“MEID”), International Mobile Equipment Identity (“MEI”), International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) number (stored on a Subscriber Identity Module (“SIM”) card), Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (“TMSI”), telephone number, or Mobile IP (“MIP”) (optionally in conjunction with one or more public/private keys).
- ESN Electronic Serial Number
- MEID Mobile Equipment Identifier
- MEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
- IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
- SIM Subscriber Identity Module
- TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
- telephone number or Mobile IP (“MIP”) (optionally in conjunction with one or more public/private keys).
- MIP Mobile IP
- the unique identifier or other token, credential, or other security mechanism is transferred or assigned by the control source to an individual other than an owner or operator or passenger of the vehicle or his or her computing device 608 (e.g., via a token sent from the vehicle 100 or control source to a mobile device 608 of another, etc.).
- the transfer can be done at the request of the owner or operator or passenger.
- the transferred unique identifier or other token, credential or other security mechanism can be enabled or active indefinitely or for only a selected period of time or selected number of uses (or authentication instances).
- the owner or operator or passenger can transfer the unique identifier or other token, credential or other security mechanism directly to the computing device of the selected individual or indirectly to the computing device of the selected individual via the control source.
- the unique identifier or other token, credential, or other security mechanism is transferred by the individual or his or her computing device 608 to the owner or operator or passenger or a computing device associated therewith and loaded by the recipient or recipient device into the working memory 736 of the vehicle 100 .
- the autonomous driving agent 904 may store information associated with the recognition of the individual, the individual's computing device, captured images of the individual, attempted authentication times, locations of attempted authentications, and/or any other data in a local or working memory 736 and/or remote memory, such as database 618 .
- This data may be recorded and provided to an owner of vehicle and/or provided to a third party (e.g., law enforcement agency, security team, etc.) via a wireless communication over a communication network (e.g., phone message, email, alert, etc.).
- the autonomous driving agent 904 in step 1000 , detects a stimulus, such as any set forth above, and commences execution of the instructions.
- exemplary stimuli include, for example, detection of a change in any of the previously sensed vehicle location, sensed object information 970 , sensed occupant information 916 , vehicle-related information 982 , exterior environmental information 986 , and/or navigation information 924 and/or in an object profile(s) 974 .
- step 1004 the autonomous driving agent 904 determines from the automatic vehicle location system 908 the current geographical location of the vehicle 100 .
- step 1008 the autonomous driving agent 904 collects vehicle-related information 982 from the sensor connectivity manager 566 .
- the autonomous driving agent 904 collects occupant-related information 916 , such as the information set forth above. This includes, for example, the identities of the vehicle occupants, the roles of each identified occupant (e.g., driver or passenger), a current activity of each occupant (e.g., operating vehicle, operating portable computing device, interacting with an on board vehicle user interface, and the like), gaze detection of an occupant, and the like.
- occupant-related information 916 such as the information set forth above. This includes, for example, the identities of the vehicle occupants, the roles of each identified occupant (e.g., driver or passenger), a current activity of each occupant (e.g., operating vehicle, operating portable computing device, interacting with an on board vehicle user interface, and the like), gaze detection of an occupant, and the like.
- step 1016 the autonomous driving agent 904 collects sensed exterior environmental information 986 from the sensor connectivity manager 566 .
- step 1020 the autonomous driving agent 908 collects sensed animate and inanimate object information 970 from the sensor connectivity manager 566 .
- step 1024 the autonomous driving agent 908 forwards the foregoing collected information, via communications subsystem 350 and network 352 , to the navigation source 356 A and control source 356 B and uses the collected information in causing one or more autonomous operations of the vehicle 100 .
- the authentication system 978 in step 1200 , authenticates a computing device associated with an owner or operator of the vehicle 100 and determines a set of privileges of the computing device.
- the set of privileges can enable access to a first set of collected information but not a second set of collected information or to change or control a first set of autonomous vehicle operations but not a second set of autonomous vehicle operations.
- step 1204 the autonomous driving agent 904 forwards the collected information permitted by the privilege to the successfully authenticated computing device.
- step 1208 the autonomous driving agent 904 receives directly or indirectly by the control source a request and/or command from the computing device.
- control source forwards the request and/or command to the autonomous driving agent 904 when the request and/or command is/are within the set of privileges of the computing device.
- step 1216 the autonomous driving agent 904 responds or implements the request or command when the request and/or command is/are within the set of privileges of the computing device.
- the autonomous driving agent 904 in step 1100 , detects a stimulus, such as any set forth above, and commences execution of the instructions.
- exemplary stimuli include, for example, determining that the vehicle 100 has stopped at a selected location or reached a particular destination, detecting a preset time, detecting that an individual or computing device is/are within spatial proximity to or within a particular area or zone of the vehicle, and the like.
- the autonomous driving agent 904 determines if a selected object, such as an individual or a computing device 608 , is detected within spatial proximity to or within a particular area or zone of the vehicle.
- step 1108 when the selected object is detected within spatial proximity to or within a particular area or zone of the vehicle, the authentication system 978 authenticates the selected object as set forth above.
- step 1112 when authentication is successful, the authentication system 978 determines if secondary authentication is required.
- Secondary authentication may be required in some cases but not others. For example, secondary authentication may not be required when the vehicle is without passengers but required when the vehicle has passengers, particularly children.
- step 1116 when secondary authentication is required, the authentication system 978 performs secondary authentication as set forth above.
- step 1120 the autonomous driving agent, in response to successful primary and optional secondary authentication, performs a selected action, including those set forth above.
- the logical instructions are executed by an arithmetic/logic unit (“ALU”), which performs mathematical operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, machine instructions, an address bus (that sends an address to memory), a data bus (that can send data to memory or receive data from memory), a read and write line to tell the memory whether to set or get the addressed location, a clock line that enables a clock pulse to sequence the processor, and a reset line that resets the program counter to zero or another value and restarts execution.
- ALU arithmetic/logic unit
- the arithmetic/logic unit can be a floating point processor that performs operations on floating point numbers.
- the autonomous driving agent 904 , control source 356 B, and/or navigation source 356 A further includes first, second, and third registers that are typically configured from flip-flops, an address latch, a program counter (which can increment by “1” and reset to “0”), a test register to hold values from comparisons performed in the arithmetic/logic unit (such as comparisons in any of the steps of FIGS. 9-11 ), plural tri-state buffers to pass a “1” or “0” or disconnect its output (thereby allowing multiple outputs to connect to a wire but only one of them to actually drive a “1” or “0” into the line), and an instruction register and decoder to control other components.
- first, second, and third registers that are typically configured from flip-flops, an address latch, a program counter (which can increment by “1” and reset to “0”), a test register to hold values from comparisons performed in the arithmetic/logic unit (such as comparisons in any of the steps of FIGS. 9-11 ),
- Control lines, in the autonomous driving agent 904 , control source 356 B, and/or navigation source 356 A, from the instruction decoder can: command the first register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the second register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the third register to latch the value currently output by the ALU, command the program counter register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the address register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the instruction register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the program counter to increment, command the program counter to reset to zero, activate any of the plural tri-state buffers (plural separate lines), command the ALU what operation to perform, command the test register to latch the ALU's test bits, activate the read line, and activate the write line.
- Bits from the test register and clock line as well as the bits from the instruction register come into the instruction decoder.
- Hardware similar or identical to that of FIG. 12 is in each of the autonomous driving agent 904 , control source 356 B, and/or navigation source 356 A for executing the instructions of FIGS. 9-11 .
- the ALU executes instructions for a random or pseudo-random number generation algorithm and generates the recipient identifier using the appropriate seed values.
- certain components of the system can be located remotely, at distant portions of a distributed network, such as a LAN and/or the Internet, or within a dedicated system.
- a distributed network such as a LAN and/or the Internet
- the components of the system can be combined into one or more devices, such as a server, communication device, or collocated on a particular node of a distributed network, such as an analog and/or digital telecommunications network, a packet-switched network, or a circuit-switched network.
- the components of the system can be arranged at any location within a distributed network of components without affecting the operation of the system.
- the various links connecting the elements can be wired or wireless links, or any combination thereof, or any other known or later developed element(s) that is capable of supplying and/or communicating data to and from the connected elements.
- These wired or wireless links can also be secure links and may be capable of communicating encrypted information.
- Transmission media used as links can be any suitable carrier for electrical signals, including coaxial cables, copper wire, and fiber optics, and may take the form of acoustic or light waves, such as those generated during radio-wave and infra-red data communications.
- the systems and methods of this disclosure can be implemented in conjunction with a special purpose computer, a programmed microprocessor or microcontroller and peripheral integrated circuit element(s), an ASIC or other integrated circuit, a digital signal processor, a hard-wired electronic or logic circuit such as discrete element circuit, a programmable logic device or gate array such as PLD, PLA, FPGA, PAL, special purpose computer, any comparable means, or the like.
- a special purpose computer e.g., cellular, Internet enabled, digital, analog, hybrids, and others
- telephones e.g., cellular, Internet enabled, digital, analog, hybrids, and others
- processors e.g., a single or multiple microprocessors
- memory e.g., a single or multiple microprocessors
- nonvolatile storage e.g., a single or multiple microprocessors
- input devices e.g., keyboards, pointing devices, and output devices.
- output devices e.g., a display, keyboards, and the like.
- alternative software implementations including, but not limited to, distributed processing or component/object distributed processing, parallel processing, or virtual machine processing can also be constructed to implement the methods described herein.
- the disclosed methods may be readily implemented in conjunction with software using object or object-oriented software development environments that provide portable source code that can be used on a variety of computer or workstation platforms.
- the disclosed system may be implemented partially or fully in hardware using standard logic circuits or VLSI design. Whether software or hardware is used to implement the systems in accordance with this disclosure is dependent on the speed and/or efficiency requirements of the system, the particular function, and the particular software or hardware systems or microprocessor or microcomputer systems being utilized.
- the disclosed methods may be partially implemented in software that can be stored on a storage medium, executed on programmed general-purpose computer with the cooperation of a controller and memory, a special purpose computer, a microprocessor, or the like.
- the systems and methods of this disclosure can be implemented as a program embedded on a personal computer such as an applet, JAVA® or CGI script, as a resource residing on a server or computer workstation, as a routine embedded in a dedicated measurement system, system component, or the like.
- the system can also be implemented by physically incorporating the system and/or method into a software and/or hardware system.
- the present disclosure in various embodiments, configurations, and aspects, includes components, methods, processes, systems and/or apparatus substantially as depicted and described herein, including various embodiments, subcombinations, and subsets thereof. Those of skill in the art will understand how to make and use the systems and methods disclosed herein after understanding the present disclosure.
- the present disclosure in various embodiments, configurations, and aspects, includes providing devices and processes in the absence of items not depicted and/or described herein or in various embodiments, configurations, or aspects hereof, including in the absence of such items as may have been used in previous devices or processes, e.g., for improving performance, achieving ease, and/or reducing cost of implementation.
- a vehicle interior for receiving one or more occupants
- a plurality of sensors to collect sensed information associated with the vehicle interior and an exterior of the vehicle
- an automatic vehicle location system to determine a current spatial location of the vehicle
- a computer readable medium to store authentication information and the sensed information when the vehicle is in a Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation
- aspects of the above vehicle or method can include: the microprocessor requiring successful secondary authentication of the individual by the one or more occupants prior to performing the vehicle operation.
- aspects of the above vehicle or method can include one or more of: the microprocessor providing a live video stream of the vehicle interior or exterior to a remote computing device, the remote computing device being successfully authenticated by the microprocessor, the remote computing device being associated with an individual different from the sensed individual, and the different individual being able to prevent the microprocessor from performing the vehicle operation or enable the microprocessor to perform the vehicle operation notwithstanding whether or not the sensed individual is successfully authenticated.
- the microprocessor providing, by the microprocessor, the requested sensed information to the remote computing device, the requested sensed information being plural of a first display containing the historic route or trace route of the vehicle, a second display containing a currently selected route to be traveled by the vehicle, a third display comprising live video of an interior of the vehicle, and a fourth display comprising a live video of an exterior of the vehicle.
- aspects of the above vehicle or method can include one or more of: the owner, by the computing device, being able to alter an operation or setting or configuration of the vehicle while operating at Level 4 or 5 and the operation or setting or configuration being one or more of route, waypoint, destination, infotainment setting, access of a portable computing device of a passenger of the vehicle to a local wireless network within the vehicle, vehicle speed, door lock or unlock setting, and window lock or unlock setting.
- aspects of the above vehicle or method can include the owner, by the computing device, being able to broadcast over the vehicle infotainment system an audio or visual or multimedia message to the vehicle passengers.
- aspects of the above vehicle or method can include one or more of: the aspects noted above.
- each of the expressions “at least one of A, B and C,” “at least one of A, B, or C,” “one or more of A, B, and C,” “one or more of A, B, or C,” “A, B, and/or C,” and “A, B, or C” means A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, or A, B and C together.
- automated refers to any process or operation, which is typically continuous or semi-continuous, done without material human input when the process or operation is performed.
- a process or operation can be automatic, even though performance of the process or operation uses material or immaterial human input, if the input is received before performance of the process or operation.
- Human input is deemed to be material if such input influences how the process or operation will be performed. Human input that consents to the performance of the process or operation is not deemed to be “material.”
- aspects of the present disclosure may take the form of an embodiment that is entirely hardware, an embodiment that is entirely software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” or “system.” Any combination of one or more computer-readable medium(s) may be utilized.
- the computer-readable medium may be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium.
- a computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
- a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
- a computer-readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer-readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof.
- a computer-readable signal medium may be any computer-readable medium that is not a computer-readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
- Program code embodied on a computer-readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including, but not limited to, wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
- Electric vehicle also referred to herein as an electric drive vehicle, may use one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion.
- An electric vehicle may be powered through a collector system by electricity from off-vehicle sources, or may be self-contained with a battery or generator to convert fuel to electricity.
- An electric vehicle generally includes a rechargeable electricity storage system (RESS) (also called Full Electric Vehicles (FEV)).
- Power storage methods may include: chemical energy stored on the vehicle in on-board batteries (e.g., battery electric vehicle or BEV), on board kinetic energy storage (e.g., flywheels), and/or static energy (e.g., by on-board double-layer capacitors). Batteries, electric double-layer capacitors, and flywheel energy storage may be forms of rechargeable on-board electrical storage.
- hybrid electric vehicle refers to a vehicle that may combine a conventional (usually fossil fuel-powered) powertrain with some form of electric propulsion.
- Most hybrid electric vehicles combine a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) propulsion system with an electric propulsion system (hybrid vehicle drivetrain).
- ICE internal combustion engine
- hybrid vehicle drivetrain electric propulsion system
- parallel hybrids the ICE and the electric motor are both connected to the mechanical transmission and can simultaneously transmit power to drive the wheels, usually through a conventional transmission.
- series hybrids only the electric motor drives the drivetrain, and a smaller ICE works as a generator to power the electric motor or to recharge the batteries.
- Power-split hybrids combine series and parallel characteristics.
- a full hybrid sometimes also called a strong hybrid, is a vehicle that can run on just the engine, just the batteries, or a combination of both.
- a mid hybrid is a vehicle that cannot be driven solely on its electric motor, because the electric motor does not have enough power to propel the vehicle on its own.
- rechargeable electric vehicle or “REV” refers to a vehicle with on board rechargeable energy storage, including electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles.
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- The present application claims the benefits of and priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e), to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/418,620, filed Nov. 7, 2016, entitled “Self-Driving Control Systems for the Next Generation Vehicle,” the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference, in its entirety, for all that it teaches and for all purposes.
- The present disclosure is generally directed to vehicle systems, in particular, toward electric and/or hybrid-electric vehicles.
- In recent years, transportation methods have changed substantially. This change is due in part to a concern over the limited availability of natural resources, a proliferation in personal technology, and a societal shift to adopt more exterior environmentally friendly transportation solutions. These considerations have encouraged the development of a number of new flexible-fuel vehicles, hybrid-electric vehicles, and electric vehicles.
- While these vehicles appear to be new they are generally implemented as a number of traditional subsystems that are merely tied to an alternative power source. In fact, the design and construction of the vehicles is limited to standard frame sizes, shapes, materials, and transportation concepts. Among other things, these limitations fail to take advantage of the benefits of new technology, power sources, and support infrastructure. In particular, the implementation of an artificially intelligent vehicle has lagged far behind the development vehicle subsystems.
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FIG. 1 shows a vehicle in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the vehicle in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a communication environment of the vehicle in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the instrument panel of the vehicle according to one embodiment of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a communications subsystem of the vehicle; -
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a computing environment associated with the embodiments presented herein; -
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a computing device associated with one or more components described herein; -
FIG. 8 is block diagram of an autonomous driving vehicle system according to an embodiment; -
FIG. 9 is a flow chart associated with one or more embodiments presented herein; -
FIG. 10 is a flow chart associated with one or more embodiments presented herein; -
FIG. 11 is a flow chart associated with one or more embodiments presented herein; and -
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a computing system associated with one or more components described herein. - Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in connection with a vehicle, and in some embodiments, an electric vehicle, rechargeable electric vehicle, and/or hybrid-electric vehicle and associated systems.
- Embodiments can provide an intelligent vehicle that can automatically determine and allow access, control, programming, etc., based on an authentication of one or more users associated with the vehicle. Authentication may utilize any authentication technique including facial recognition (of users inside and/or outside of a vehicle), trusted device recognition (e.g., determining a user in proximity to the vehicle has a trusted key set by a vehicle administrator, etc.), voice recognition, heat signature, etc., and/or combinations thereof. This authentication may be transferred or assigned to users other than an owner of the vehicle (e.g., via a token sent from the vehicle to a mobile device of another, etc.).
- The intelligent vehicle can provide collected information not only to a control source but also to one or more authenticated and verified computing devices. The computing devices, for example, can remotely view, by streaming media, an interior or exterior of the vehicle, a current map location of the vehicle, and the like. The computing device can remotely control one or more operations of the vehicle, such as destination, waypoint, infotainment settings, speed, route selection, and the like. The computing device can remotely communicate with occupants via the infotainment system.
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FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of avehicle 100 in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. Theelectric vehicle 100 comprises avehicle front 110, vehicle aft or rear 120,vehicle roof 130, at least onevehicle side 160, avehicle undercarriage 140, and avehicle interior 150. In any event, thevehicle 100 may include aframe 104 and one ormore body panels 108 mounted or affixed thereto. Thevehicle 100 may include one or more interior components (e.g., components inside aninterior space 150, or user space, of avehicle 100, etc.), exterior components (e.g., components outside of theinterior space 150, or user space, of avehicle 100, etc.), drive systems, controls systems, structural components, etc. - Although shown in the form of a car, it should be appreciated that the
vehicle 100 described herein may include any conveyance or model of a conveyance, where the conveyance was designed for the purpose of moving one or more tangible objects, such as people, animals, cargo, and the like. The term “vehicle” does not require that a conveyance moves or is capable of movement. Typical vehicles may include but are in no way limited to cars, trucks, motorcycles, busses, automobiles, trains, railed conveyances, boats, ships, marine conveyances, submarine conveyances, airplanes, space craft, flying machines, human-powered conveyances, and the like. - In some embodiments, the
vehicle 100 may include a number of sensors, devices, and/or systems that are capable of assisting in driving operations. Examples of the various sensors and systems may include, but are in no way limited to, one or more of cameras (e.g., independent, stereo, combined image, etc.), infrared (IR) sensors, radio frequency (RF) sensors, ultrasonic sensors (e.g., transducers, transceivers, etc.), RADAR sensors (e.g., object-detection sensors and/or systems), LIDAR systems, odometry sensors and/or devices (e.g., encoders, etc.), orientation sensors (e.g., accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometer, etc.), navigation sensors and systems (e.g., GPS, etc.), and other ranging, imaging, and/or object-detecting sensors. The sensors may be disposed in aninterior space 150 of thevehicle 100 and/or on an outside of thevehicle 100. In some embodiments, the sensors and systems may be disposed in one or more portions of a vehicle 100 (e.g., theframe 104, a body panel, a compartment, etc.). - The vehicle sensors and systems may be selected and/or configured to suit a level of operation associated with the
vehicle 100. Among other things, the number of sensors used in a system may be altered to increase or decrease information available to a vehicle control system (e.g., affecting control capabilities of the vehicle 100). Additionally or alternatively, the sensors and systems may be part of one or more advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) associated with avehicle 100. In any event, the sensors and systems may be used to provide driving assistance at any level of operation (e.g., from fully-manual to fully-autonomous operations, etc.) as described herein. - The various levels of vehicle control and/or operation can be described as corresponding to a level of autonomy associated with a
vehicle 100 for vehicle driving operations. For instance, at Level 0, or fully-manual driving operations, a driver (e.g., a human driver) may be responsible for all the driving control operations (e.g., steering, accelerating, braking, etc.) associated with the vehicle. Level 0 may be referred to as a “No Automation” level. AtLevel 1, the vehicle may be responsible for a limited number of the driving operations associated with the vehicle, while the driver is still responsible for most driving control operations. An example of aLevel 1 vehicle may include a vehicle in which the throttle control and/or braking operations may be controlled by the vehicle (e.g., cruise control operations, etc.).Level 1 may be referred to as a “Driver Assistance” level. AtLevel 2, the vehicle may collect information (e.g., via one or more driving assistance systems, sensors, etc.) about an environment of the vehicle (e.g., surrounding area, roadway, traffic, ambient conditions, etc.) and use the collected information to control driving operations (e.g., steering, accelerating, braking, etc.) associated with the vehicle. In aLevel 2 autonomous vehicle, the driver may be required to perform other aspects of driving operations not controlled by the vehicle.Level 2 may be referred to as a “Partial Automation” level. It should be appreciated that Levels 0-2 all involve the driver monitoring the driving operations of the vehicle. - At
Level 3, the driver may be separated from controlling all the driving operations of the vehicle except when the vehicle makes a request for the operator to act or intervene in controlling one or more driving operations. In other words, the driver may be separated from controlling the vehicle unless the driver is required to take over for the vehicle.Level 3 may be referred to as a “Conditional Automation” level. At Level 4, the driver may be separated from controlling all the driving operations of the vehicle and the vehicle may control driving operations even when a user fails to respond to a request to intervene. Level 4 may be referred to as a “High Automation” level. AtLevel 5, the vehicle can control all the driving operations associated with the vehicle in all driving modes. The vehicle inLevel 5 may continually monitor traffic, vehicular, roadway, and/or exterior environmental conditions while driving the vehicle. InLevel 5, there is no human driver interaction required in any driving mode. Accordingly,Level 5 may be referred to as a “Full Automation” level. It should be appreciated that in Levels 3-5 the vehicle, and/or one or more automated driving systems associated with the vehicle, monitors the driving operations of the vehicle and the driving environment. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , thevehicle 100 may, for example, include at least one of a ranging and imaging system 112 (e.g., LIDAR, etc.), animaging sensor system sensors 116B (e.g., RADAR, RF, etc.),ultrasonic sensors 116C, and/or other object-detection sensors LIDAR system 112 and/or sensors may be mounted on aroof 130 of thevehicle 100. In one embodiment, theRADAR sensors 116B may be disposed at least at a front 110, aft 120, orside 160 of thevehicle 100. Among other things, the RADAR sensors may be used to monitor and/or detect a position of other vehicles, pedestrians, and/or other objects near, or proximal to, thevehicle 100. While shown associated with one or more areas of avehicle 100, it should be appreciated that any of the sensors andsystems 116A-K, 112 illustrated inFIGS. 1 and 2 may be disposed in, on, and/or about thevehicle 100 in any position, area, and/or zone of thevehicle 100. - Referring now to
FIG. 2 , a plan view of avehicle 100 will be described in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. In particular,FIG. 2 shows avehicle sensing environment 200 at least partially defined by the sensors andsystems 116A-K, 112 disposed in, on, and/or about thevehicle 100. Eachsensor 116A-K may include an operational detection range R and operational detection angle α. The operational detection range R may define the effective detection limit, or distance, of thesensor 116A-K. In some cases, this effective detection limit may be defined as a distance from a portion of thesensor 116A-K (e.g., a lens, sensing surface, etc.) to a point in space offset from thesensor 116A-K. The effective detection limit may define a distance, beyond which, the sensing capabilities of thesensor 116A-K deteriorate, fail to work, or are unreliable. In some embodiments, the effective detection limit may define a distance, within which, the sensing capabilities of thesensor 116A-K are able to provide accurate and/or reliable detection information. The operational detection angle α may define at least one angle of a span, or between horizontal and/or vertical limits, of asensor 116A-K. As can be appreciated, the operational detection limit and the operational detection angle α of asensor 116A-K together may define theeffective detection zone 216A-D (e.g., the effective detection area, and/or volume, etc.) of asensor 116A-K. - In some embodiments, the
vehicle 100 may include a ranging andimaging system 112 such as LIDAR, or the like. The ranging andimaging system 112 may be configured to detect visual information in an environment surrounding thevehicle 100. The visual information detected in the environment surrounding the ranging andimaging system 112 may be processed (e.g., via one or more sensor and/or system processors, etc.) to generate a complete 360-degree view of anenvironment 200 around the vehicle. The ranging andimaging system 112 may be configured to generate changing 360-degree views of theenvironment 200 in real-time, for instance, as thevehicle 100 drives. In some cases, the ranging andimaging system 112 may have aneffective detection limit 204 that is some distance from the center of thevehicle 100 outward over 360 degrees. Theeffective detection limit 204 of the ranging andimaging system 112 defines a view zone 208 (e.g., an area and/or volume, etc.) surrounding thevehicle 100. Any object falling outside of theview zone 208 is in theundetected zone 212 and would not be detected by the ranging andimaging system 112 of thevehicle 100. - Sensor data and information may be collected by one or more sensors or
systems 116A-K, 112 of thevehicle 100 monitoring thevehicle sensing environment 200. This information may be processed (e.g., via a processor, computer-vision system, etc.) to determine targets (e.g., objects, signs, people, markings, roadways, conditions, etc.) inside one ormore detection zones vehicle sensing environment 200. In some cases, information frommultiple sensors 116A-K may be processed to form composite sensor detection information. For example, afirst sensor 116A and asecond sensor 116F may correspond to afirst camera 116A and asecond camera 116F aimed in a forward traveling direction of thevehicle 100. In this example, images collected by thecameras more sensors 116A-K by, for example, adding the ability to determine depth associated with targets in the one ormore detection zones sensors direction vehicle 100. - In some embodiments,
multiple sensors 116A-K may be effectively joined to increase a sensing zone and provide increased sensing coverage. For instance,multiple RADAR sensors 116B disposed on thefront 110 of the vehicle may be joined to provide azone 216B of coverage that spans across an entirety of thefront 110 of the vehicle. In some cases, themultiple RADAR sensors 116B may cover adetection zone 216B that includes one or more othersensor detection zones 216A. These overlapping detection zones may provide redundant sensing, enhanced sensing, and/or provide greater detail in sensing within a particular portion (e.g.,zone 216A) of a larger zone (e.g.,zone 216B). Additionally or alternatively, thesensors 116A-K of thevehicle 100 may be arranged to create a complete coverage, via one ormore sensing zones vehicle 100. In some areas, thesensing zones 216C of two ormore sensors overlap zone 220. In some areas, the angle and/or detection limit of two ormore sensing zones more sensors virtual intersection point 224. - The
vehicle 100 may include a number ofsensors vehicle 100. These sensors can include, but are in no way limited to, an imaging sensor, camera, IR, a radio object-detection and ranging sensors, RADAR, RF, ultrasonic sensors, and/or other object-detection sensors. Among other things, thesesensors vehicle 100. For example, another vehicle approaching the rear 120 of thevehicle 100 may be detected by one or more of the ranging and imaging system (e.g., LIDAR) 112, rear-view cameras RADAR sensors view cameras cameras vehicle 100 may be driving and one or more of the ranging andimaging system 112, front-facingcameras RADAR sensors 116B, and/orultrasonic sensors 116C may detect targets in front of thevehicle 100. This approach may provide critical sensor information to a vehicle control system in at least one of the autonomous driving levels described above. For instance, when thevehicle 100 is driving autonomously (e.g.,Level 3, Level 4, or Level 5) and detects other vehicles stopped in a travel path, the sensor detection information may be sent to the vehicle control system of thevehicle 100 to control a driving operation (e.g., braking, decelerating, etc.) associated with the vehicle 100 (in this example, slowing thevehicle 100 as to avoid colliding with the stopped other vehicles). As yet another example, thevehicle 100 may be operating and one or more of the ranging andimaging system 112, and/or the side-facingsensors vehicle 100. It should be appreciated that thesensors 116A-K may detect a target that is both at aside 160 and afront 110 of the vehicle 100 (e.g., disposed at a diagonal angle to a centerline of thevehicle 100 running from thefront 110 of thevehicle 100 to the rear 120 of the vehicle). Additionally or alternatively, thesensors 116A-K may detect a target that is both, or simultaneously, at aside 160 and a rear 120 of the vehicle 100 (e.g., disposed at a diagonal angle to the centerline of the vehicle 100). -
FIG. 3 is a is a block diagram of an embodiment of acommunication environment 300 of thevehicle 100 in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. Thecommunication system 300 may include one or more vehicle driving vehicle sensors andsystems 304,sensor processors 340,sensor data memory 344,vehicle control system 348,communications subsystem 350,control data 364,computing devices 368,display devices 372, andother components 374 that may be associated with avehicle 100. These associated components may be electrically and/or communicatively coupled to one another via at least onebus 360. In some embodiments, the one or more associated components may send and/or receive signals across acommunication network 352 to at least one of anavigation source 356A, acontrol source 356B, or someother entity 356N. - In accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, the
communication network 352 may comprise any type of known communication medium or collection of communication media and may use any type of protocols, such as SIP, TCP/IP, SNA, IPX, AppleTalk, and the like, to transport messages between endpoints. Thecommunication network 352 may include wired and/or wireless communication technologies. The Internet is an example of thecommunication network 352 that constitutes an Internet Protocol (IP) network consisting of many computers, computing networks, and other communication devices located all over the world, which are connected through many telephone systems and other means. Other examples of thecommunication network 104 include, without limitation, a standard Plain Old Telephone System (POTS), an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Local Area Network (LAN), such as an Ethernet network, a Token-Ring network and/or the like, a Wide Area Network (WAN), a virtual network, including without limitation a virtual private network (“VPN”); the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a cellular network, an infra-red network; a wireless network (e.g., a network operating under any of the IEEE 802.9 suite of protocols, the Bluetooth® protocol known in the art, and/or any other wireless protocol), and any other type of packet-switched or circuit-switched network known in the art and/or any combination of these and/or other networks. In addition, it can be appreciated that thecommunication network 352 need not be limited to any one network type, and instead may be comprised of a number of different networks and/or network types. Thecommunication network 352 may comprise a number of different communication media such as coaxial cable, copper cable/wire, fiber-optic cable, antennas for transmitting/receiving wireless messages, and combinations thereof. - The driving vehicle sensors and
systems 304 may include at least one navigation 308 (e.g., global positioning system (GPS), etc.),orientation 312,odometry 316,LIDAR 320,RADAR 324, ultrasonic 328,camera 332, infrared (IR) 336, and/or other sensor orsystem 338. These driving vehicle sensors andsystems 304 may be similar, if not identical, to the sensors andsystems 116A-K, 112 described in conjunction withFIGS. 1 and 2 . - The
navigation sensor 308 may include one or more sensors having receivers and antennas that are configured to utilize a satellite-based navigation system including a network of navigation satellites capable of providing geolocation and time information to at least one component of thevehicle 100. Examples of thenavigation sensor 308 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Garmin® GLO™ family of GPS and GLONASS combination sensors, Garmin® GPS 15x™ family of sensors, Garmin® GPS 16x™ family of sensors with high-sensitivity receiver and antenna, Garmin® GPS 18x OEM family of high-sensitivity GPS sensors, Dewetron DEWE-VGPS series of GPS sensors, GlobalSat 1-Hz series of GPS sensors, other industry-equivalent navigation sensors and/or systems, and may perform navigational and/or geolocation functions using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture. - The
orientation sensor 312 may include one or more sensors configured to determine an orientation of thevehicle 100 relative to at least one reference point. In some embodiments, theorientation sensor 312 may include at least one pressure transducer, stress/strain gauge, accelerometer, gyroscope, and/or geomagnetic sensor. Examples of thenavigation sensor 308 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one ofBosch Sensortec BMX 160 series low-power absolute orientation sensors, Bosch Sensortec BMX055 9-axis sensors, Bosch Sensortec BMI055 6-axis inertial sensors, Bosch Sensortec BMI160 6-axis inertial sensors, Bosch Sensortec BMF055 9-axis inertial sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer) with integrated Cortex M0+ microcontroller, Bosch Sensortec BMP280 absolute barometric pressure sensors, Infineon TLV493D-A1B6 3D magnetic sensors, Infineon TLI493D-W1B6 3D magnetic sensors, Infineon TL family of 3D magnetic sensors, Murata Electronics SCC2000 series combined gyro sensor and accelerometer, Murata Electronics SCC1300 series combined gyro sensor and accelerometer, other industry-equivalent orientation sensors and/or systems, and may perform orientation detection and/or determination functions using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture. - The odometry sensor and/or
system 316 may include one or more components that is configured to determine a change in position of thevehicle 100 over time. In some embodiments, theodometry system 316 may utilize data from one or more other sensors and/orsystems 304 in determining a position (e.g., distance, location, etc.) of thevehicle 100 relative to a previously measured position for thevehicle 100. Additionally or alternatively, theodometry sensors 316 may include one or more encoders, Hall speed sensors, and/or other measurement sensors/devices configured to measure a wheel speed, rotation, and/or number of revolutions made over time. Examples of the odometry sensor/system 316 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Infineon TLE4924/26/27/28C high-performance speed sensors, Infineon TL4941plusC(B) single chip differential Hall wheel-speed sensors, Infineon TL5041plusC Giant Mangnetoresistance (GMR) effect sensors, Infineon TL family of magnetic sensors, EPC Model 25SP Accu-CoderPro™ incremental shaft encoders, EPC Model 30M compact incremental encoders with advanced magnetic sensing and signal processing technology, EPC Model 925 absolute shaft encoders, EPC Model 958 absolute shaft encoders, EPC Model MA36S/MA63S/SA36S absolute shaft encoders, Dynapar™ F18 commutating optical encoder, Dynapar™ HS35R family of phased array encoder sensors, other industry-equivalent odometry sensors and/or systems, and may perform change in position detection and/or determination functions using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture. - The LIDAR sensor/
system 320 may include one or more components configured to measure distances to targets using laser illumination. In some embodiments, the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may provide 3D imaging data of an environment around thevehicle 100. The imaging data may be processed to generate a full 360-degree view of the environment around thevehicle 100. The LIDAR sensor/system 320 may include a laser light generator configured to generate a plurality of target illumination laser beams (e.g., laser light channels). In some embodiments, this plurality of laser beams may be aimed at, or directed to, a rotating reflective surface (e.g., a mirror) and guided outwardly from the LIDAR sensor/system 320 into a measurement environment. The rotating reflective surface may be configured to continually rotate 360 degrees about an axis, such that the plurality of laser beams is directed in a full 360-degree range around thevehicle 100. A photodiode receiver of the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may detect when light from the plurality of laser beams emitted into the measurement environment returns (e.g., reflected echo) to the LIDAR sensor/system 320. The LIDAR sensor/system 320 may calculate, based on a time associated with the emission of light to the detected return of light, a distance from thevehicle 100 to the illuminated target. In some embodiments, the LIDAR sensor/system 320 may generate over 2.0 million points per second and have an effective operational range of at least 100 meters. Examples of the LIDAR sensor/system 320 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Velodyne® LiDAR™ HDL-64E 64-channel LIDAR sensors, Velodyne® LiDAR™ HDL-32E 32-channel LIDAR sensors, Velodyne® LiDAR™ PUCK™ VLP-16 16-channel LIDAR sensors, Leica Geosystems Pegasus:Two mobile sensor platform, Garmin® LIDAR-Lite v3 measurement sensor, Quanergy M8 LiDAR sensors, Quanergy S3 solid state LiDAR sensor, LeddarTech® LeddarVU compact solid state fixed-beam LIDAR sensors, other industry-equivalent LIDAR sensors and/or systems, and may perform illuminated target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around thevehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture. - The
RADAR sensors 324 may include one or more radio components that are configured to detect objects/targets in an environment of thevehicle 100. In some embodiments, theRADAR sensors 324 may determine a distance, position, and/or movement vector (e.g., angle, speed, etc.) associated with a target over time. TheRADAR sensors 324 may include a transmitter configured to generate and emit electromagnetic waves (e.g., radio, microwaves, etc.) and a receiver configured to detect returned electromagnetic waves. In some embodiments, theRADAR sensors 324 may include at least one processor configured to interpret the returned electromagnetic waves and determine locational properties of targets. Examples of theRADAR sensors 324 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Infineon RASIC™ RTN7735PL transmitter and RRN7745PL/46PL receiver sensors, Autoliv ASP Vehicle RADAR sensors, Delphi L2C0051TR 77 GHz ESR Electronically Scanning Radar sensors, Fujitsu Ten Ltd. Automotive Compact 77 GHz 3D Electronic Scan Millimeter Wave Radar sensors, other industry-equivalent RADAR sensors and/or systems, and may perform radio target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around thevehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture. - The
ultrasonic sensors 328 may include one or more components that are configured to detect objects/targets in an environment of thevehicle 100. In some embodiments, theultrasonic sensors 328 may determine a distance, position, and/or movement vector (e.g., angle, speed, etc.) associated with a target over time. Theultrasonic sensors 328 may include an ultrasonic transmitter and receiver, or transceiver, configured to generate and emit ultrasound waves and interpret returned echoes of those waves. In some embodiments, theultrasonic sensors 328 may include at least one processor configured to interpret the returned ultrasonic waves and determine locational properties of targets. Examples of theultrasonic sensors 328 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Texas Instruments TIDA-00151 automotive ultrasonic sensor interface IC sensors, MaxBotix® MB8450 ultrasonic proximity sensor, MaxBotix® ParkSonar™-EZ ultrasonic proximity sensors, Murata Electronics MA40H1S-R open-structure ultrasonic sensors, Murata Electronics MA40S4R/S open-structure ultrasonic sensors, Murata Electronics MA58MF14-7N waterproof ultrasonic sensors, other industry-equivalent ultrasonic sensors and/or systems, and may perform ultrasonic target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around thevehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture. - The
camera sensors 332 may include one or more components configured to detect image information associated with an environment of thevehicle 100. In some embodiments, thecamera sensors 332 may include a lens, filter, image sensor, and/or a digital image processer. It is an aspect of the present disclosure thatmultiple camera sensors 332 may be used together to generate stereo images providing depth measurements. Examples of thecamera sensors 332 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of ON Semiconductor® MT9V024 Global Shutter VGA GS CMOS image sensors, Teledyne DALSA Falcon2 camera sensors, CMOSIS CMV50000 high-speed CMOS image sensors, other industry-equivalent camera sensors and/or systems, and may perform visual target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around thevehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture. - The infrared (IR)
sensors 336 may include one or more components configured to detect image information associated with an environment of thevehicle 100. TheIR sensors 336 may be configured to detect targets in low-light, dark, or poorly-lit environments. TheIR sensors 336 may include an IR light emitting element (e.g., IR light emitting diode (LED), etc.) and an IR photodiode. In some embodiments, the IR photodiode may be configured to detect returned IR light at or about the same wavelength to that emitted by the IR light emitting element. In some embodiments, theIR sensors 336 may include at least one processor configured to interpret the returned IR light and determine locational properties of targets. TheIR sensors 336 may be configured to detect and/or measure a temperature associated with a target (e.g., an object, pedestrian, other vehicle, etc.). Examples ofIR sensors 336 as described herein may include, but are not limited to, at least one of Opto Diode lead-salt IR array sensors, Opto Diode OD-850 Near-IR LED sensors, Opto Diode SA/SHA727 steady state IR emitters and IR detectors, FLIR® LS microbolometer sensors, FLIR® TacFLIR 380-HD InSb MWIR FPA and HD MWIR thermal sensors, FLIR® VOx 640×480 pixel detector sensors, Delphi IR sensors, other industry-equivalent IR sensors and/or systems, and may perform IR visual target and/or obstacle detection in an environment around thevehicle 100 using any known or future-developed standard and/or architecture. - In some embodiments, the driving vehicle sensors and
systems 304 may includeother sensors 338 and/or combinations of the sensors 308-336 described above. Additionally or alternatively, one or more of the sensors 308-336 described above may include one or more processors configured to process and/or interpret signals detected by the one or more sensors 308-336. In some embodiments, the processing of at least some sensor information provided by the vehicle sensors andsystems 304 may be processed by at least onesensor processor 340. Raw and/or processed sensor data may be stored in asensor data memory 344 storage medium. In some embodiments, thesensor data memory 344 may store instructions used by thesensor processor 340 for processing sensor information provided by the sensors andsystems 304. In any event, thesensor data memory 344 may be a disk drive, optical storage device, solid-state storage device such as a random access memory (“RAM”) and/or a read-only memory (“ROM”), which can be programmable, flash-updateable, and/or the like. - The
vehicle control system 348 may receive processed sensor information from thesensor processor 340 and determine to control an aspect of thevehicle 100. Controlling an aspect of thevehicle 100 may include presenting information via one ormore display devices 372 associated with the vehicle, sending commands to one ormore computing devices 368 associated with the vehicle, and/or controlling a driving operation of the vehicle. In some embodiments, thevehicle control system 348 may correspond to one or more computing systems that control driving operations of thevehicle 100 in accordance with the Levels of driving autonomy described above. In one embodiment, thevehicle control system 348 may operate a speed of thevehicle 100 by controlling an output signal to the accelerator and/or braking system of the vehicle. In this example, thevehicle control system 348 may receive sensor data describing an environment surrounding thevehicle 100 and, based on the sensor data received, determine to adjust the acceleration, power output, and/or braking of thevehicle 100. Thevehicle control system 348 may additionally control steering and/or other driving functions of thevehicle 100. - The
vehicle control system 348 may communicate, in real-time, with the driving sensors andsystems 304 forming a feedback loop. In particular, upon receiving sensor information describing a condition of targets in the environment surrounding thevehicle 100, thevehicle control system 348 may autonomously make changes to a driving operation of thevehicle 100. Thevehicle control system 348 may then receive subsequent sensor information describing any change to the condition of the targets detected in the environment as a result of the changes made to the driving operation. This continual cycle of observation (e.g., via the sensors, etc.) and action (e.g., selected control or non-control of vehicle operations, etc.) allows thevehicle 100 to operate autonomously in the environment. - In some embodiments, the one or more components of the vehicle 100 (e.g., the driving
vehicle sensors 304,vehicle control system 348,display devices 372, etc.) may communicate across thecommunication network 352 to one ormore entities 356A-N via acommunications subsystem 350 of thevehicle 100. Embodiments of thecommunications subsystem 350 are described in greater detail in conjunction withFIG. 5 . For instance, thenavigation sensors 308 may receive global positioning, location, and/or navigational information from anavigation source 356A. In some embodiments, thenavigation source 356A may be a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) similar, if not identical, to NAVSTAR GPS, GLONASS, EU Galileo, and/or the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to name a few. - In some embodiments, the
vehicle control system 348 may receive control information from one ormore control sources 356B. The control source 356 may provide vehicle control information including autonomous driving control commands, vehicle operation override control commands, and the like. The control source 356 may correspond to an autonomous vehicle control system, a traffic control system, an administrative control entity, and/or some other controlling server. It is an aspect of the present disclosure that thevehicle control system 348 and/or other components of thevehicle 100 may exchange communications with the control source 356 across thecommunication network 352 and via thecommunications subsystem 350. - Information associated with controlling driving operations of the
vehicle 100 may be stored in acontrol data memory 364 storage medium. Thecontrol data memory 364 may store instructions used by thevehicle control system 348 for controlling driving operations of thevehicle 100, historical control information, autonomous driving control rules, and the like. In some embodiments, thecontrol data memory 364 may be a disk drive, optical storage device, solid-state storage device such as a random access memory (“RAM”) and/or a read-only memory (“ROM”), which can be programmable, flash-updateable, and/or the like. - In addition to the mechanical components described herein, the
vehicle 100 may include a number of user interface devices. The user interface devices receive and translate human input into a mechanical movement or electrical signal or stimulus. The human input may be one or more of motion (e.g., body movement, body part movement, in two-dimensional or three-dimensional space, etc.), voice, touch, and/or physical interaction with the components of thevehicle 100. In some embodiments, the human input may be configured to control one or more functions of thevehicle 100 and/or systems of thevehicle 100 described herein. User interfaces may include, but are in no way limited to, at least one graphical user interface of a display device, steering wheel or mechanism, transmission lever or button (e.g., including park, neutral, reverse, and/or drive positions, etc.), throttle control pedal or mechanism, brake control pedal or mechanism, power control switch, communications equipment, etc. -
FIG. 4 shows one embodiment of theinstrument panel 400 of thevehicle 100. Theinstrument panel 400 ofvehicle 100 comprises asteering wheel 410, a vehicle operational display 420 (e.g., configured to present and/or display driving data such as speed, measured air resistance, vehicle information, entertainment information, etc.), one or more auxiliary displays 424 (e.g., configured to present and/or display information segregated from theoperational display 420, entertainment applications, movies, music, etc.), a heads-up display 434 (e.g., configured to display any information previously described including, but in no way limited to, guidance information such as route to destination, or obstacle warning information to warn of a potential collision, or some or all primary vehicle operational data such as speed, resistance, etc.), a power management display 428 (e.g., configured to display data corresponding to electric power levels ofvehicle 100, reserve power, charging status, etc.), and an input device 432 (e.g., a controller, touchscreen, or other interface device configured to interface with one or more displays in the instrument panel or components of thevehicle 100. Theinput device 432 may be configured as a joystick, mouse, touchpad, tablet, 3D gesture capture device, etc.). In some embodiments, theinput device 432 may be used to manually maneuver a portion of thevehicle 100 into a charging position (e.g., moving a charging plate to a desired separation distance, etc.). - While one or more of displays of
instrument panel 400 may be touch-screen displays, it should be appreciated that the vehicle operational display may be a display incapable of receiving touch input. For instance, theoperational display 420 that spans across aninterior space centerline 404 and across both afirst zone 408A and asecond zone 408B may be isolated from receiving input from touch, especially from a passenger. In some cases, a display that provides vehicle operation or critical systems information and interface may be restricted from receiving touch input and/or be configured as a non-touch display. This type of configuration can prevent dangerous mistakes in providing touch input where such input may cause an accident or unwanted control. - In some embodiments, one or more displays of the
instrument panel 400 may be mobile devices and/or applications residing on a mobile device such as a smart phone. Additionally or alternatively, any of the information described herein may be presented to one ormore portions 420A-N of theoperational display 420 orother display instrument panel 400 may be physically separated or detached from theinstrument panel 400. In some cases, a detachable display may remain tethered to the instrument panel. - The
portions 420A-N of theoperational display 420 may be dynamically reconfigured and/or resized to suit any display of information as described. Additionally or alternatively, the number ofportions 420A-N used to visually present information via theoperational display 420 may be dynamically increased or decreased as required, and are not limited to the configurations shown. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a hardware diagram of communications componentry that can be optionally associated with thevehicle 100 in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. - The communications componentry can include one or more wired or wireless devices such as a transceiver(s) and/or modem that allows communications not only between the various systems disclosed herein but also with other devices, such as devices on a network, and/or on a distributed network such as the Internet and/or in the cloud and/or with other vehicle(s).
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communications subsystem 350 can also include inter- and intra-vehicle communications capabilities such as hotspot and/or access point connectivity for any one or more of the vehicle occupants and/or vehicle-to-vehicle communications. - Additionally, and while not specifically illustrated, the
communications subsystem 350 can include one or more communications links (that can be wired or wireless) and/or communications busses (managed by the bus manager 574), including one or more of CANbus, OBD-II, ARCINC 429, Byteflight, CAN (Controller Area Network), D2B (Domestic Digital Bus), FlexRay, DC-BUS, IDB-1394, IEBus, I2C, ISO 9141-1/-2, J1708, J1587, J1850, J1939, ISO 11783, Keyword Protocol 2000, LIN (Local Interconnect Network), MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport), Multifunction Vehicle Bus, SMARTwireX, SPI, VAN (Vehicle Area Network), and the like or in general any communications protocol and/or standard(s). - The various protocols and communications can be communicated one or more of wirelessly and/or over transmission media such as single wire, twisted pair, fiber optic, IEEE 1394, MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1773, power-line communication, or the like. (All of the above standards and protocols are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety).
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communications subsystem 350 enables communications between any if the inter-vehicle systems and subsystems as well as communications with non-collocated resources, such as those reachable over a network such as the Internet. - The
communications subsystem 350, in addition to well-known componentry (which has been omitted for clarity), includes interconnected elements including one or more of: one ormore antennas 504, an interleaver/deinterleaver 508, an analog front end (AFE) 512, memory/storage/cache 516, controller/microprocessor 520,MAC circuitry 522, modulator/demodulator 524, encoder/decoder 528, a plurality ofconnectivity managers GPU 540,accelerator 544, a multiplexer/demultiplexer 552,transmitter 570,receiver 572 andwireless radio 578 components such as a Wi-Fi PHY/Bluetooth® module 580, a Wi-Fi/BT MAC module 584,transmitter 588 andreceiver 592. The various elements in thedevice 350 are connected by one or more links/busses 5 (not shown, again for sake of clarity). - The
device 350 can have onemore antennas 504, for use in wireless communications such as multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communications, multi-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) communications Bluetooth®, LTE, 4G, 5G, Near-Field Communication (NFC), etc., and in general for any type of wireless communications. The antenna(s) 504 can include, but are not limited to one or more of directional antennas, omnidirectional antennas, monopoles, patch antennas, loop antennas, microstrip antennas, dipoles, and any other antenna(s) suitable for communication transmission/reception. In an exemplary embodiment, transmission/reception using MIMO may require particular antenna spacing. In another exemplary embodiment, MIMO transmission/reception can enable spatial diversity allowing for different channel characteristics at each of the antennas. In yet another embodiment, MIMO transmission/reception can be used to distribute resources to multiple users for example within thevehicle 100 and/or in another vehicle. - Antenna(s) 504 generally interact with the Analog Front End (AFE) 512, which is needed to enable the correct processing of the received modulated signal and signal conditioning for a transmitted signal. The
AFE 512 can be functionally located between the antenna and a digital baseband system in order to convert the analog signal into a digital signal for processing and vice-versa. - The
subsystem 350 can also include a controller/microprocessor 520 and a memory/storage/cache 516. Thesubsystem 350 can interact with the memory/storage/cache 516 which may store information and operations necessary for configuring and transmitting or receiving the information described herein. The memory/storage/cache 516 may also be used in connection with the execution of application programming or instructions by the controller/microprocessor 520, and for temporary or long term storage of program instructions and/or data. As examples, the memory/storage/cache 520 may comprise a computer-readable device, RAM, ROM, DRAM, SDRAM, and/or other storage device(s) and media. - The controller/
microprocessor 520 may comprise a general purpose programmable processor or controller for executing application programming or instructions related to thesubsystem 350. Furthermore, the controller/microprocessor 520 can perform operations for configuring and transmitting/receiving information as described herein. The controller/microprocessor 520 may include multiple processor cores, and/or implement multiple virtual processors. Optionally, the controller/microprocessor 520 may include multiple physical processors. By way of example, the controller/microprocessor 520 may comprise a specially configured Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or other integrated circuit, a digital signal processor(s), a controller, a hardwired electronic or logic circuit, a programmable logic device or gate array, a special purpose computer, or the like. - The
subsystem 350 can further include atransmitter 570 andreceiver 572 which can transmit and receive signals, respectively, to and from other devices, subsystems and/or other destinations using the one ormore antennas 504 and/or links/busses. Included in thesubsystem 350 circuitry is the medium access control orMAC Circuitry 522.MAC circuitry 522 provides for controlling access to the wireless medium. In an exemplary embodiment, theMAC circuitry 522 may be arranged to contend for the wireless medium and configure frames or packets for communicating over the wired/wireless medium. - The
subsystem 350 can also optionally contain a security module (not shown). This security module can contain information regarding but not limited to, security parameters required to connect the device to one or more other devices or other available network(s), and can include WEP or WPA/WPA-2 (optionally+AES and/or TKIP) security access keys, network keys, etc. The WEP security access key is a security password used by Wi-Fi networks. Knowledge of this code can enable a wireless device to exchange information with an access point and/or another device. The information exchange can occur through encoded messages with the WEP access code often being chosen by the network administrator. WPA is an added security standard that is also used in conjunction with network connectivity with stronger encryption than WEP. - In some embodiments, the
communications subsystem 350 also includes aGPU 540, anaccelerator 544, a Wi-Fi/BT/BLE PHY module 580 and a Wi-Fi/BT/BLE MAC module 584 andwireless transmitter 588 andreceiver 592. In some embodiments, theGPU 540 may be a graphics processing unit, or visual processing unit, comprising at least one circuit and/or chip that manipulates and changes memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer for output to at least one display device. TheGPU 540 may include one or more of a display device connection port, printed circuit board (PCB), a GPU chip, a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), memory (e.g., single data rate random-access memory (SDRAM), double data rate random-access memory (DDR) RAM, etc., and/or combinations thereof), a secondary processing chip (e.g., handling video out capabilities, processing, and/or other functions in addition to the GPU chip, etc.), a capacitor, heatsink, temperature control or cooling fan, motherboard connection, shielding, and the like. - The
various connectivity managers subsystem 350 and one or more of the systems disclosed herein and one or more other devices/systems. Theconnectivity managers charging connectivity manager 534, a vehicledatabase connectivity manager 558, a remote operatingsystem connectivity manager 562, and asensor connectivity manager 566. - The charging
connectivity manager 534 can coordinate not only the physical connectivity between thevehicle 100 and a charging device/vehicle, but can also communicate with one or more of a power management controller, one or more third parties and optionally a billing system(s). As an example, thevehicle 100 can establish communications with the charging device/vehicle to one or more of coordinate interconnectivity between the two (e.g., by spatially aligning the charging receptacle on the vehicle with the charger on the charging vehicle) and optionally share navigation information. Once charging is complete, the amount of charge provided can be tracked and optionally forwarded to, for example, a third party for billing. In addition to being able to manage connectivity for the exchange of power, the chargingconnectivity manager 534 can also communicate information, such as billing information to the charging vehicle and/or a third party. This billing information could be, for example, the owner of the vehicle, the driver/occupant(s) of the vehicle, company information, or in general any information usable to charge the appropriate entity for the power received. - The vehicle
database connectivity manager 558 allows the subsystem to receive and/or share information stored in the vehicle database. This information can be shared with other vehicle components/subsystems and/or other entities, such as third parties and/or charging systems. The information can also be shared with one or more vehicle occupant devices, such as an app (application) on a mobile device the driver uses to track information about thevehicle 100 and/or a dealer or service/maintenance provider. In general any information stored in the vehicle database can optionally be shared with any one or more other devices optionally subject to any privacy or confidentially restrictions. - The remote operating
system connectivity manager 562 facilitates communications between thevehicle 100 and any one or more autonomous vehicle systems. These communications can include one or more of navigation information, vehicle information, other vehicle information, weather information, occupant information, or in general any information related to the remote operation of thevehicle 100. - The
sensor connectivity manager 566 facilitates communications between any one or more of the vehicle sensors (e.g., the driving vehicle sensors andsystems 304, etc.) and any one or more of the other vehicle systems. Thesensor connectivity manager 566 can also facilitate communications between any one or more of the sensors and/or vehicle systems and any other destination, such as a service company, app, or in general to any destination where sensor data is needed. - In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, any of the communications discussed herein can be communicated via the conductor(s) used for charging. One exemplary protocol usable for these communications is Power-line communication (PLC). PLC is a communication protocol that uses electrical wiring to simultaneously carry both data, and Alternating Current (AC) electric power transmission or electric power distribution. It is also known as power-line carrier, power-line digital subscriber line (PDSL), mains communication, power-line telecommunications, or power-line networking (PLN). For DC environments in vehicles PLC can be used in conjunction with CAN-bus, LIN-bus over power line (DC-LIN) and DC-BUS.
- The communications subsystem can also optionally manage one or more identifiers, such as an IP (internet protocol) address(es), associated with the vehicle and one or other system or subsystems or components therein. These identifiers can be used in conjunction with any one or more of the connectivity managers as discussed herein.
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FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of acomputing environment 600 that may function as the servers, user computers, or other systems provided and described herein. Thecomputing environment 600 includes one or more user computers, or computing devices, such as avehicle computing device 604, acommunication device 608, and/or more 612. Thecomputing devices computing devices computing devices network 352 and/or displaying and navigating web pages or other types of electronic documents. Although theexemplary computing environment 600 is shown with two computing devices, any number of user computers or computing devices may be supported. - The
computing environment 600 may also include one ormore servers server 614 is shown as a web server andserver 616 is shown as an application server. Theweb server 614, which may be used to process requests for web pages or other electronic documents from computingdevices web server 614 can be running an operating system including any of those discussed above, as well as any commercially-available server operating systems. Theweb server 614 can also run a variety of server applications, including SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) servers, HTTP(s) servers, FTP servers, CGI servers, database servers, Java servers, and the like. In some instances, theweb server 614 may publish operations available operations as one or more web services. - The
computing environment 600 may also include one or more file and or/application servers 616, which can, in addition to an operating system, include one or more applications accessible by a client running on one or more of thecomputing devices computing devices server computing device - The web pages created by the
server 614 and/or 616 may be forwarded to acomputing device server web server 614 may be able to receive web page requests, web services invocations, and/or input data from acomputing device server 616. In further embodiments, theserver 616 may function as a file server. Although for ease of description,FIG. 6 illustrates aseparate web server 614 and file/application server 616, those skilled in the art will recognize that the functions described with respect toservers computer systems server 614 and/or web (application)server 616 may function as the system, devices, or components described inFIGS. 1-6 . - The
computing environment 600 may also include adatabase 618. Thedatabase 618 may reside in a variety of locations. By way of example,database 618 may reside on a storage medium local to (and/or resident in) one or more of thecomputers computers database 618 may reside in a storage-area network (“SAN”) familiar to those skilled in the art. Similarly, any necessary files for performing the functions attributed to thecomputers database 618 may be a relational database, such as Oracle 20i®, that is adapted to store, update, and retrieve data in response to SQL-formatted commands. -
FIG. 7 illustrates one embodiment of acomputer system 700 upon which the servers, user computers, computing devices, or other systems or components described above may be deployed or executed. Thecomputer system 700 is shown comprising hardware elements that may be electrically coupled via abus 704. The hardware elements may include one or more central processing units (CPUs) 708; one or more input devices 712 (e.g., a mouse, a keyboard, etc.); and one or more output devices 716 (e.g., a display device, a printer, etc.). Thecomputer system 700 may also include one ormore storage devices 720. By way of example, storage device(s) 720 may be disk drives, optical storage devices, solid-state storage devices such as a random access memory (“RAM”) and/or a read-only memory (“ROM”), which can be programmable, flash-updateable and/or the like. - The
computer system 700 may additionally include a computer-readablestorage media reader 724; a communications system 728 (e.g., a modem, a network card (wireless or wired), an infra-red communication device, etc.); and workingmemory 736, which may include RAM and ROM devices as described above. Thecomputer system 700 may also include aprocessing acceleration unit 732, which can include a DSP, a special-purpose processor, and/or the like. - The computer-readable
storage media reader 724 can further be connected to a computer-readable storage medium, together (and, optionally, in combination with storage device(s) 720) comprehensively representing remote, local, fixed, and/or removable storage devices plus storage media for temporarily and/or more permanently containing computer-readable information. Thecommunications system 728 may permit data to be exchanged with a network and/or any other computer described above with respect to the computer environments described herein. Moreover, as disclosed herein, the term “storage medium” may represent one or more devices for storing data, including read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic RAM, core memory, magnetic disk storage mediums, optical storage mediums, flash memory devices and/or other machine readable mediums for storing information. - The
computer system 700 may also comprise software elements, shown as being currently located within a workingmemory 736, including anoperating system 740 and/orother code 744. It should be appreciated that alternate embodiments of acomputer system 700 may have numerous variations from that described above. For example, customized hardware might also be used and/or particular elements might be implemented in hardware, software (including portable software, such as applets), or both. Further, connection to other computing devices such as network input/output devices may be employed. - Examples of the
processors - The
intelligent vehicle 100 can automatically determine and allow access, control, programming, etc., based on an authentication of one or more users associated with the vehicle. The users can be an owner or operator of the vehicle, a passenger of the vehicle, or another person in a trusted relationship with the owner or operator or passenger of the vehicle. - Authentication may utilize any authentication technique including facial recognition (of users inside and/or outside of a vehicle), trusted device recognition (e.g., determining a user in proximity to the vehicle has a trusted key set by a vehicle administrator, etc.), voice recognition, heat signature, etc., and/or combinations thereof. This authentication may be transferred or assigned to users other than an owner or operator of the vehicle (e.g., via a token sent from the vehicle to a mobile device of another, etc.).
- The intelligent vehicle can provide collected information not only to a control source but also to one or more authenticated and verified computing devices. The computing devices, for example, can remotely view, by streaming media, an interior or exterior of the vehicle, a current map location of the vehicle, a current or historic route of the vehicle, and the like. The computing device can remotely control one or more operations of the vehicle, such as destination selection, waypoint selection, infotainment settings, vehicle speed, route selection, door locking and unlocking, window opening and closing, local network settings and availability to on board computing devices, and the like. The computing device can remotely communicate with occupants via the infotainment system.
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FIGS. 3 and 6-8 , an embodiment of anautonomous vehicle 100 will be described. - With reference to
FIG. 8 , an on boardautonomous driving system 900 in thevehicle 100 is depicted. Theautonomous driving system 900 includes anautonomous driving agent 904 in communication with an automaticvehicle location system 908,sensor connectivity manager 566 and associated first, second, . . . Mth sensors 912 a-M,user interface 920, andauthentication system 978, and having access via workingmemory 736 orcommunication systems 728 to the sensedobject information 970, sensedoccupant information 916, object profiles 974, vehicle-relatedinformation 982, exteriorenvironmental information 986, andnavigation information 924. - The automatic
vehicle location system 908 is in communication with the GPS/Nav sensor 308 to acquire current vehicle position coordinates, which position coordinates are then correlated by the map database manager 812 to a position on a road. Dead reckoning using distance data from one or more sensors attached to the drive train, agyroscope sensor 312 and/or anaccelerometer sensor 312 can be used for greater reliability, as GPS signal loss and/or multipath can occur due to the map database manager 812, such as due to a cellular signal dead or low signal strength area or passage of the vehicle through a tunnel. - The sensed
object information 970 refers to sensed information regarding objects external to the vehicle. Examples include animate objects such as animals and attributes thereof (e.g., animal type, current spatial location, current activity, etc.), and pedestrians and attributes thereof (e.g., identity, age, sex, current spatial location, current activity, etc.), and the like and inanimate objects and attributes thereof such as other vehicles (e.g., current vehicle state or activity (parked or in motion or level of automation currently employed), occupant or operator identity, vehicle type (truck, car, etc.), vehicle spatial location, etc.), curbs (topography and spatial location), potholes (size and spatial location), lane division markers (type or color and spatial locations), signage (type or color and spatial locations such as speed limit signs, yield signs, stop signs, and other restrictive or warning signs), traffic signals (e.g., red, yellow, blue, green, etc.), buildings (spatial locations), walls (height and spatial locations), barricades (height and spatial location), and the like. - The sensed
occupant information 916 refers to sensed information regarding occupants internal to the vehicle. Examples include the number and identities of occupants and attributes thereof (e.g., seating position, age, sex, gaze direction, biometric information, authentication information, preferences, historic behavior patterns (such as current or historical user driving behavior, historical user route, destination, and waypoint preferences), nationality, ethnicity and race, language preferences (e.g., Spanish, English, Chinese, etc.), current occupant role (e.g., operator or passenger), occupant priority ranking (e.g., vehicle owner is given a higher ranking than a child occupant), electronic calendar information (e.g., Outlook™), and medical information and history, etc. - The vehicle-related
information 982 refers to sensed information regarding the selected vehicle. Examples include vehicle manufacturer, type, model, year of manufacture, current geographic location, current vehicle state or activity (parked or in motion or level of automation currently employed), vehicle specifications and capabilities, currently sensed operational parameters for the vehicle, and other information. - The exterior
environmental information 986 refers to sensed information regarding the external environment of the selected vehicle. Examples include road type (pavement, gravel, brick, etc.), road condition (e.g., wet, dry, icy, snowy, etc.), weather condition (e.g., outside temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, etc.), ambient light conditions (e.g., time-of-day), degree of development of vehicle surroundings (e.g., urban or rural), and the like. - The first, second, . . . mth sensors 912 a-m can collect the sensed
object information 970, sensedoccupant information 916, vehicle-relatedinformation 982, and exteriorenvironmental information 986. The first, second, . . . mth sensors 912 a-m include the sensors orsystems 116A-K, 112, 312, 316, 320, 324, 328, 332, 336, and 338 discussed above, a camera to capture images of interior objects (such as occupants), a seat belt sensor to determine seat belt settings (e.g., dosed or open), a seat weight sensor settings, a microphone to capture audio within the vehicle (such as occupant comments which are then input into a speech-to-text engine to determine or identify one or more words spoken by an occupant), a wireless network node that receives unique identifiers of occupant portable computing devices (which identifiers can be associated with a corresponding occupant to identify the occupant), and the like. In some applications, a portable computing device of the occupant can be employed as a sensor that tracks occupant behavior while the occupant is in the vehicle. The information collected by the sensors is received by thesensor connectivity manager 566 and provided to theautonomous driving agent 904 and/or to the profile database manager. - The
user interface 920 receives user commands and other input, such as user selections, preferences, and settings that are used in configuring, determining, and selecting vehicle parameters, settings, or operations, such as navigation route selection, acceptable rates of acceleration and deceleration, acceptable minimum inter-object spacing distance, and acceptable steering lines, and stimuli or events triggering associated rule-based actions. Theuser interface 920 can be one or more ofvehicle instrument panel 400, vehicleoperational display 420, heads-updisplay 434, andpower management display 428. It can also be a portable computational or communication device of an occupant. - The
authentication system 978 authenticates occupants and individuals andcomputing devices 608 external to the vehicle. Authentication of an occupant or external individual or remote computing device can be important in performing an autonomous operation, such as locking or unlocking a door of the vehicle, raising or lowering a window, stopping or parking the vehicle, selecting a vehicle speed, and the like, or changing an autonomous operating parameter or configuration, such as route, waypoint, or destination selection, infotainment setting, maximum vehicle speed, and the like. - Authentication can be a single- or multi-factor authentication. Multi-factor authentication enables or permits the operation or function to be performed or access to be granted only after an authentication mechanism successfully verifies or validates multiple items of information (“authentication information”). Any number of factors can be used for authentication. The use of multiple authentication factors in authentication assumes that an unauthorized actor is unlikely to supply the factors required for access, if, in an authentication attempt, at least one of the components is missing or supplied incorrectly, authentication is not successful and the requested function or access or other operation is denied.
- Authentication can use a credential or key generated or derived by a cryptographic algorithm or engine from multiple factors. The key can be an authentication key, benign key, content-encryption key, crypto ignition key, cryptovariable, derived key, electronic key, ephemeral key, key encryption key, key production key, master key, master encryption key, public/private key, session key, symmetric key, asymmetric key, traffic encryption key, transmission security key, seed key, signature key, or stream key. Exemplary cryptographic algorithms used for key generation and/or authentication include a key derivation function, keystream generator, cryptographic hash function, key derivation function, cryptographic pseudorandom number generator, cryptanalytic algorithm, broken cryptography algorithm, asymmetric key algorithm, information-theoretically secure algorithm, integer factorization algorithm, symmetric key algorithm,
Type - Operator or passenger factors or the factors of an external individual include user selected credentials (e.g., password or personal identification number) or biometric data. Biometric data relates to a metric of a physiological or behavioral human characteristic. Physiological characteristics are related to the shape of the body. Examples include, but are not limited to, fingerprint, palm veins, face recognition (e.g., facial characteristic or digital face mapping parameter(s)), DNA, palm print, hand geometry (e.g., hand geometry characteristic or digital hand geometry mapping parameter(s)), iris recognition (e.g., iris characteristic or digital iris mapping parameter(s)), retina (e.g., retina characteristic or digital retina mapping parameter(s)), and odor and/or scent. Behavioral characteristics are related to the pattern of behavior of a person, including, but not limited to, typing rhythm, typing speed, pattern in key press intervals, gait, and voice (e.g., voice audible or spectral characteristic or digital voice print mapping parameter(s)).
- Operator, passenger, or external individual portable computing device or
communication device 608 factors include keyless remote identifier, communication device Electronic Serial Number (“ESN”), Mobile Equipment Identifier (“MEID”), International Mobile Equipment Identity (“MEI”), International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) number (stored on a Subscriber Identity Module (“SIM”) card), Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (“TMSI”), telephone number, an Internet Protocol address, Mobile IP (“MIP”) or other electronic address (optionally in conjunction with one or more public/private keys). - As will be appreciated, keyless remotes contain a short-range radio transmitter and must be within a certain range, usually about 5-20 meters, of the wireless radio signal receiver unit in the car to operate. When a button on the keyless remote is pushed, the keyless remote sends a coded signal by radio waves to the receiver unit in the car. Keyless remotes typically operate at a frequency of about 315 MHz for North America-made cars and at about 433.92 MHz for European, Japanese and Asian cars.
- ESNs are often represented as either 11-digit decimal numbers or 8 digit hexadecimal numbers. For the decimal format the first three digits are the decimal representation of the first 8 bits (between 000 and 255 inclusive) and the next 8 digits are derived from the remaining 24 bits and will be between 00000000 and 16777215 inclusive. The decimal format of pseudo ESNs will therefore begin with 128. The decimal format separately displays 8 bit manufacturer codes in the first 3 digits, but 14 bit codes are not displayed as separate digits. The hexadecimal format displays an ESN as 8 digits and also does not separately display 14 bit manufacturer codes which occupy 3.5 hexadecimal digits.
- A mobile equipment identifier (MEID) is a globally unique number identifying a physical piece of CDMA2000 mobile station equipment. The number format is defined by the 3GPP2 report SR0048 but in practical terms, it can be seen as an IMEI (discussed below) but with hexadecimal digits. An MEID is 56 bits long (14 hex digits). It comprises three fields, including an 8-bit regional code (RR), a 24-bit manufacturer code, and a 24-bit manufacturer-assigned serial number. The check digit (CD) is not considered part of the MEID.
- The IMEI (15 decimal digits: 14 digits plus a check digit) or IMEISV (16 digits) includes information on the origin, model, and serial number of the device. The structure of the IMEI/SV is specified in 3GPP TS 23.003. The model and origin comprise the initial 8-digit portion of the IMEI/SV, known as the Type Allocation Code (TAC). The remainder of the IMEI is manufacturer-defined, with a Luhn check digit at the end.
- The International Mobile Subscriber Identity or IMSI is used to identify the user of a cellular network and is a unique identification associated with all cellular networks. It is stored as a 64 bit field and is sent by the phone to the network. An IMSI is usually presented as a 15 digit number, but can be shorter. The first 3 digits are the mobile country code (MCC), which are followed by the mobile network code (MNC), either 2 digits (European standard) or 3 digits (North American standard). The length of the MNC depends on the value of the MCC. The remaining digits are the mobile subscription identification number (MSIN) within the network's customer base.
- The Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) is the identity that is most commonly sent between the mobile and the network. TMSI is randomly assigned by the Visitor Location Register (“VLR”) to every mobile in the area, the moment it is switched on. The number is local to a location area, and so it has to be updated each time the mobile moves to a new geographical area. The Mobile IP allows for location-independent routing of IP datagrams on the Internet. Each mobile node is identified by its home address disregarding its current location in the Internet. While away from its home network, a mobile node is associated with a care-of address which identifies its current location and its home address is associated with the local endpoint of a tunnel to its home agent. Mobile IP specifies how a mobile node registers with its home agent and how the home agent routes datagrams to the mobile node through the tunnel.
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portable communication device 608 orvehicle 100 can also use, as a factor, a valid passcode provided to thecommunication device 608 orvehicle 100 for authentication purposes. If the user has already used a sequence of digits (passcode), this is automatically deleted and the authenticating server or server requesting authentication can send a new code to thecommunication device 608. If the new code is not entered within a specified time limit, theauthentication system 978 or the control source automatically sends a new passcode. This ensures that no old, already used codes are left on mobile devices or in vehicle memory. For added security, it is possible to specify how many incorrect entries are permitted before the authenticating server blocks access. - The unique identifier, whether a keyless remote identifier, communication device Electronic Serial Number (“ESN”), Mobile Equipment Identifier (“MEID”), International Mobile Equipment Identity (“MEI”), International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) number (stored on a Subscriber Identity Module (“SIM”) card), Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (“TMSI”), telephone number, or Mobile IP (“MIP”) (optionally in conjunction with one or more public/private keys), can be sent by the
control source 356B to thevehicle 100, a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior, or a portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle to enable successful authentication. The unique identifier can be associated with thevehicle 100, such as thecommunications subsystem 350 or a component thereof, a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior, or a portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle. In one example, the unique identifier of thecommunications subsystem 350 or a component thereof or a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior is provided to a portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle. In another example, the unique identifier of a portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle is provided to thecommunications subsystem 350 or a component thereof or a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior. In either case, both the portable communication device of an individual outside of the vehicle on the one hand and thecommunications subsystem 350 or a component thereof or a portable communication device of a passenger or occupant in the vehicle interior on the other have a common unique identifier that enables single- or multi-factor authentication to be performed successfully. - The
navigation information 924 can take many forms depending on the configuration. When thenavigation information 924 received by the vehicle from the automatic vehicle location system is provided, vianetwork 352, to thenavigation source 356A, it can be the map or other navigation information provided by thenavigation source 356A to the occupant, including possible routes and is periodically updated with selected route map information. When the navigation information is received by the automatic vehicle location system and used by the vehicle itself to configure, determine or select possible routes, it is map information from thenavigation source 356A that is selected based on a requests received by thenavigation source 356A from thevehicle 100. The request can include the current vehicle location and the locations of the user selected waypoints and destination. - The
navigation source 356A commonly stores thenavigation information 924 as graphs, or two or three dimensional arrays of objects with attributes of location and category, where some common categories include parks, roads, cities, and the like. A map database commonly represents a road network along with associated features, with the road network corresponding to a selected road network model. Commonly, such a model comprises basic elements (nodes, links and areas) of the road network and properties of those elements (location coordinates, shape, addresses, road class, speed range, etc.). The basic elements are referred to as features and the properties as attributes. Other information associated with the road network can also be included, such as points of interest, waypoints, building shapes, and political boundaries. Geographic Data Files (GDF) is a standardized description of such a model. Each node within a map graph represents a point location of the surface of the earth and can be represented by a pair of longitude (lon) and latitude (lat) coordinates. Each link can represent a stretch of road between two nodes, and be represented by a line segment (corresponding to a straight section of road) or a curve having a shape that is generally described by intermediate points (called shape points) along the link. However, curves can also be represented by a combination of centroid (point or node), with a radius, and polar coordinates to define the boundaries of the curve. Shape points can be represented by longitude and latitude coordinates as are nodes, but shape points generally do not serve the purpose of connecting links, as do nodes. Areas are generally two- or three-dimensional shapes that represent things like parks - The
autonomous driving agent 904 controls the driving behavior of the vehicle in response to the current vehicle location, sensedobject information 970, sensedoccupant information 916, vehicle-relatedinformation 982, exteriorenvironmental information 986, andnavigation information 924. In a typical implementation, the autonomous driving agent, based on feedback from certain sensors, specifically the LIDAR and radar sensors positioned around the circumference of the vehicle, constructs a three-dimensional map in spatial proximity to the vehicle that enables the autonomous driving agent to identify and spatially locate animate and inanimate objects. Other sensors, such as inertial measurement units, gyroscopes, wheel encoders, sonar sensors, motion sensors to perform odometry calculations with respect to nearby moving objects, and exterior facing cameras (e.g., to perform computer vision processing) can provide further contextual information for generation of a more accurate three-dimensional map. The navigation information is combined with the three-dimensional map to provide short, intermediate and long range course tracking and route selection. The autonomous driving system processes real-world information as well as GPS data, and driving speed to determine accurately the precise position of each vehicle, down to a few centimeters all while making corrections for nearby animate and inanimate objects. - The
autonomous driving agent 904 processes in real time the aggregate mapping information and models behavior of occupants of the current vehicle and other nearby animate objects and issues appropriate commands regarding vehicle operation. While some commands are hard-coded into the vehicle, such as stopping at red lights and stop signs, other responses are learned and recorded by profile updates based on previous driving experiences. Examples of learned behavior include a slow-moving or stopped vehicle or emergency vehicle in a right lane suggests a higher probability that the car following it will attempt to pass, a pot hole, rock, or other foreign object in the roadway equates to a higher probability that a driver will swerve to avoid it, and traffic congestion in one lane means that other drivers moving in the same direction will have a higher probability of passing in an adjacent lane or by driving on the shoulder. - By way of example, the
autonomous driving agent 904 operates the vehicle 100 (in automatic mode) chauffeuring children to school. When the vehicle arrives in this example,autonomous driving agent 904 may not unlock the locked doors of thevehicle 100 unless an individual located outside of thevehicle 100 and having a valid authentication is in a selected spatial proximity to, or predetermined distance of, a particular area or zone of the vehicle. Theautonomous driving agent 904 may automatically look for the authenticated individual or his or hercomputing device 608 at particular times or based on a selected stimulus (e.g., when stopped to a selected location, when reaching a particular destination, at a preset time, when an individual or computing device are detected within spatial proximity to the particular area or zone of the vehicle, and the like). In some cases, theautonomous driving agent 904 may require secondary authentication from an occupant of the vehicle before access or control to the vehicle is allowed. For instance, in the preceding example, the children inside the vehicle may be required by theautonomous driving agent 904 to affirmatively state orally or by input into the user interface that the external individual having a first authentication is in fact authentic (e.g., a teacher, administrator, guardian ad litem, parent, etc.). Alternatively, a parent viewing a live video of the individual, via acomputing device 608, may need to affirmatively state or indicate that the individual is in fact authentic. Only upon the secondary authentication will access be allowed. This technique provides the greater reliability in authentication afforded by multi-factor authentication. - In another example, a parent can, by a successfully authenticated
remote computing device 608, such as a smart phone or tablet computer, access various displays connected with thevehicle 100 of the prior example, such as historic route or trace route of thevehicle 100, currently selected route to be traveled by thevehicle 100, current vehicle location, live video of the vehicle interior or exterior, and the like. The parent can scroll or switch back-and-forth among these various display options. For instance, the parent can select a first display containing the historic route or trace route of thevehicle 100, a second display containing the currently selected route to be traveled by thevehicle 100, a third display comprising live video of the vehicle interior, and a fourth display comprising live video of the vehicle exterior. The parent can, via theremote computing device 608, alter an operation or setting or configuration of theautonomous driving agent 904, such as route alteration, waypoint addition, change, or removal, destination change, infotainment setting, access of a portable computing device of a passenger or occupant to the local network within the vehicle, vehicle speed, door lock or unlock setting, window lock or unlock setting, and the like. If necessary, the parent can, via the remote computing device, broadcast over the vehicle infotainment system an audio or visual or multimedia message to the passengers. - In another example, the
autonomous driving agent 904 operates the vehicle 100 (in automatic mode) to pick up a potential passenger. The potential passenger may have no prior or trusted relationship with the owner or operator. For instance, the vehicle could be operated by a paid transportation service, such as Uber™, Lyft™, Yellow Cab™, and the like and the passenger could be a fare awaiting pick up. When the vehicle arrives, both the potential passenger andvehicle 100 could be sent a token, credential, or other security mechanism. The vehicle will recognize the passenger by comparing the token, credential or other security mechanism provided by the passenger against the token, credential or other security mechanism received from thecontrol source 356B. Upon successful authentication, theautonomous driving agent 904 unlocks one or more doors of the vehicle to permit the passenger to enter the vehicle interior. Based on sensor input, the autonomous driving agent can determine when the last passenger has safely entered the vehicle and commence driving. - In a variation of the preceding example, the token, credential, or other security mechanism may already be in the possession of the potential passenger, a computing device of the potential passenger, or the autonomous driving agent and is sent by the control source to the other of the potential passenger/a computing device of the potential passenger or the
autonomous driving agent 904 as the case may be. - In either of the preceding examples, the token, credential, or other security mechanism may be for instance a unique identifier such as a keyless remote identifier, communication device Electronic Serial Number (“ESN”), Mobile Equipment Identifier (“MEID”), International Mobile Equipment Identity (“MEI”), International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) number (stored on a Subscriber Identity Module (“SIM”) card), Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (“TMSI”), telephone number, or Mobile IP (“MIP”) (optionally in conjunction with one or more public/private keys).
- In another example, the unique identifier or other token, credential, or other security mechanism is transferred or assigned by the control source to an individual other than an owner or operator or passenger of the vehicle or his or her computing device 608 (e.g., via a token sent from the
vehicle 100 or control source to amobile device 608 of another, etc.). The transfer can be done at the request of the owner or operator or passenger. The transferred unique identifier or other token, credential or other security mechanism can be enabled or active indefinitely or for only a selected period of time or selected number of uses (or authentication instances). The owner or operator or passenger can transfer the unique identifier or other token, credential or other security mechanism directly to the computing device of the selected individual or indirectly to the computing device of the selected individual via the control source. - In another example, the unique identifier or other token, credential, or other security mechanism is transferred by the individual or his or her
computing device 608 to the owner or operator or passenger or a computing device associated therewith and loaded by the recipient or recipient device into the workingmemory 736 of thevehicle 100. - In any event, the
autonomous driving agent 904 may store information associated with the recognition of the individual, the individual's computing device, captured images of the individual, attempted authentication times, locations of attempted authentications, and/or any other data in a local or workingmemory 736 and/or remote memory, such asdatabase 618. This data may be recorded and provided to an owner of vehicle and/or provided to a third party (e.g., law enforcement agency, security team, etc.) via a wireless communication over a communication network (e.g., phone message, email, alert, etc.). - The operations of the various executable modules will now be discussed with reference to
FIGS. 9-11 . - With reference to
FIG. 9 , theautonomous driving agent 904, instep 1000, detects a stimulus, such as any set forth above, and commences execution of the instructions. Exemplary stimuli include, for example, detection of a change in any of the previously sensed vehicle location, sensedobject information 970, sensedoccupant information 916, vehicle-relatedinformation 982, exteriorenvironmental information 986, and/ornavigation information 924 and/or in an object profile(s) 974. - In
step 1004, theautonomous driving agent 904 determines from the automaticvehicle location system 908 the current geographical location of thevehicle 100. - In
step 1008, theautonomous driving agent 904 collects vehicle-relatedinformation 982 from thesensor connectivity manager 566. - In
step 1012, theautonomous driving agent 904 collects occupant-relatedinformation 916, such as the information set forth above. This includes, for example, the identities of the vehicle occupants, the roles of each identified occupant (e.g., driver or passenger), a current activity of each occupant (e.g., operating vehicle, operating portable computing device, interacting with an on board vehicle user interface, and the like), gaze detection of an occupant, and the like. - In
step 1016, theautonomous driving agent 904 collects sensed exteriorenvironmental information 986 from thesensor connectivity manager 566. - In
step 1020, theautonomous driving agent 908 collects sensed animate andinanimate object information 970 from thesensor connectivity manager 566. - In
step 1024, theautonomous driving agent 908 forwards the foregoing collected information, viacommunications subsystem 350 andnetwork 352, to thenavigation source 356A and controlsource 356B and uses the collected information in causing one or more autonomous operations of thevehicle 100. - With reference to
FIG. 10 , theauthentication system 978, instep 1200, authenticates a computing device associated with an owner or operator of thevehicle 100 and determines a set of privileges of the computing device. For example, the set of privileges can enable access to a first set of collected information but not a second set of collected information or to change or control a first set of autonomous vehicle operations but not a second set of autonomous vehicle operations. - In
step 1204, theautonomous driving agent 904 forwards the collected information permitted by the privilege to the successfully authenticated computing device. - In
step 1208, theautonomous driving agent 904 receives directly or indirectly by the control source a request and/or command from the computing device. - In
optional step 1212, the control source forwards the request and/or command to theautonomous driving agent 904 when the request and/or command is/are within the set of privileges of the computing device. - In
step 1216, theautonomous driving agent 904 responds or implements the request or command when the request and/or command is/are within the set of privileges of the computing device. - With reference to
FIG. 11 , theautonomous driving agent 904, instep 1100, detects a stimulus, such as any set forth above, and commences execution of the instructions. Exemplary stimuli include, for example, determining that thevehicle 100 has stopped at a selected location or reached a particular destination, detecting a preset time, detecting that an individual or computing device is/are within spatial proximity to or within a particular area or zone of the vehicle, and the like. - In
step 1104, theautonomous driving agent 904 determines if a selected object, such as an individual or acomputing device 608, is detected within spatial proximity to or within a particular area or zone of the vehicle. - In
step 1108, when the selected object is detected within spatial proximity to or within a particular area or zone of the vehicle, theauthentication system 978 authenticates the selected object as set forth above. - In
step 1112, when authentication is successful, theauthentication system 978 determines if secondary authentication is required. Secondary authentication may be required in some cases but not others. For example, secondary authentication may not be required when the vehicle is without passengers but required when the vehicle has passengers, particularly children. - In
step 1116, when secondary authentication is required, theauthentication system 978 performs secondary authentication as set forth above. - In
step 1120, the autonomous driving agent, in response to successful primary and optional secondary authentication, performs a selected action, including those set forth above. - With reference to
FIG. 12 , the logical instructions are executed by an arithmetic/logic unit (“ALU”), which performs mathematical operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, machine instructions, an address bus (that sends an address to memory), a data bus (that can send data to memory or receive data from memory), a read and write line to tell the memory whether to set or get the addressed location, a clock line that enables a clock pulse to sequence the processor, and a reset line that resets the program counter to zero or another value and restarts execution. The arithmetic/logic unit can be a floating point processor that performs operations on floating point numbers. Theautonomous driving agent 904,control source 356B, and/ornavigation source 356A further includes first, second, and third registers that are typically configured from flip-flops, an address latch, a program counter (which can increment by “1” and reset to “0”), a test register to hold values from comparisons performed in the arithmetic/logic unit (such as comparisons in any of the steps ofFIGS. 9-11 ), plural tri-state buffers to pass a “1” or “0” or disconnect its output (thereby allowing multiple outputs to connect to a wire but only one of them to actually drive a “1” or “0” into the line), and an instruction register and decoder to control other components. Control lines, in theautonomous driving agent 904,control source 356B, and/ornavigation source 356A, from the instruction decoder can: command the first register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the second register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the third register to latch the value currently output by the ALU, command the program counter register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the address register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the instruction register to latch the value currently on the data bus, command the program counter to increment, command the program counter to reset to zero, activate any of the plural tri-state buffers (plural separate lines), command the ALU what operation to perform, command the test register to latch the ALU's test bits, activate the read line, and activate the write line. Bits from the test register and clock line as well as the bits from the instruction register come into the instruction decoder. Hardware similar or identical to that ofFIG. 12 is in each of theautonomous driving agent 904,control source 356B, and/ornavigation source 356A for executing the instructions ofFIGS. 9-11 . The ALU executes instructions for a random or pseudo-random number generation algorithm and generates the recipient identifier using the appropriate seed values. - Any of the steps, functions, and operations discussed herein can be performed continuously and automatically.
- The exemplary systems and methods of this disclosure have been described in relation to vehicle systems and electric vehicles. However, to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the present disclosure, the preceding description omits a number of known structures and devices. This omission is not to be construed as a limitation of the scope of the claimed disclosure. Specific details are set forth to provide an understanding of the present disclosure. It should, however, be appreciated that the present disclosure may be practiced in a variety of ways beyond the specific detail set forth herein.
- Furthermore, while the exemplary embodiments illustrated herein show the various components of the system collocated, certain components of the system can be located remotely, at distant portions of a distributed network, such as a LAN and/or the Internet, or within a dedicated system. Thus, it should be appreciated, that the components of the system can be combined into one or more devices, such as a server, communication device, or collocated on a particular node of a distributed network, such as an analog and/or digital telecommunications network, a packet-switched network, or a circuit-switched network. It will be appreciated from the preceding description, and for reasons of computational efficiency, that the components of the system can be arranged at any location within a distributed network of components without affecting the operation of the system.
- Furthermore, it should be appreciated that the various links connecting the elements can be wired or wireless links, or any combination thereof, or any other known or later developed element(s) that is capable of supplying and/or communicating data to and from the connected elements. These wired or wireless links can also be secure links and may be capable of communicating encrypted information. Transmission media used as links, for example, can be any suitable carrier for electrical signals, including coaxial cables, copper wire, and fiber optics, and may take the form of acoustic or light waves, such as those generated during radio-wave and infra-red data communications.
- While the flowcharts have been discussed and illustrated in relation to a particular sequence of events, it should be appreciated that changes, additions, and omissions to this sequence can occur without materially affecting the operation of the disclosed embodiments, configuration, and aspects.
- A number of variations and modifications of the disclosure can be used. It would be possible to provide for some features of the disclosure without providing others.
- In yet another embodiment, the systems and methods of this disclosure can be implemented in conjunction with a special purpose computer, a programmed microprocessor or microcontroller and peripheral integrated circuit element(s), an ASIC or other integrated circuit, a digital signal processor, a hard-wired electronic or logic circuit such as discrete element circuit, a programmable logic device or gate array such as PLD, PLA, FPGA, PAL, special purpose computer, any comparable means, or the like. In general, any device(s) or means capable of implementing the methodology illustrated herein can be used to implement the various aspects of this disclosure. Exemplary hardware that can be used for the present disclosure includes computers, handheld devices, telephones (e.g., cellular, Internet enabled, digital, analog, hybrids, and others), and other hardware known in the art. Some of these devices include processors (e.g., a single or multiple microprocessors), memory, nonvolatile storage, input devices, and output devices. Furthermore, alternative software implementations including, but not limited to, distributed processing or component/object distributed processing, parallel processing, or virtual machine processing can also be constructed to implement the methods described herein.
- In yet another embodiment, the disclosed methods may be readily implemented in conjunction with software using object or object-oriented software development environments that provide portable source code that can be used on a variety of computer or workstation platforms. Alternatively, the disclosed system may be implemented partially or fully in hardware using standard logic circuits or VLSI design. Whether software or hardware is used to implement the systems in accordance with this disclosure is dependent on the speed and/or efficiency requirements of the system, the particular function, and the particular software or hardware systems or microprocessor or microcomputer systems being utilized.
- In yet another embodiment, the disclosed methods may be partially implemented in software that can be stored on a storage medium, executed on programmed general-purpose computer with the cooperation of a controller and memory, a special purpose computer, a microprocessor, or the like. In these instances, the systems and methods of this disclosure can be implemented as a program embedded on a personal computer such as an applet, JAVA® or CGI script, as a resource residing on a server or computer workstation, as a routine embedded in a dedicated measurement system, system component, or the like. The system can also be implemented by physically incorporating the system and/or method into a software and/or hardware system.
- Although the present disclosure describes components and functions implemented in the embodiments with reference to particular standards and protocols, the disclosure is not limited to such standards and protocols. Other similar standards and protocols not mentioned herein are in existence and are considered to be included in the present disclosure. Moreover, the standards and protocols mentioned herein and other similar standards and protocols not mentioned herein are periodically superseded by faster or more effective equivalents having essentially the same functions. Such replacement standards and protocols having the same functions are considered equivalents included in the present disclosure.
- The present disclosure, in various embodiments, configurations, and aspects, includes components, methods, processes, systems and/or apparatus substantially as depicted and described herein, including various embodiments, subcombinations, and subsets thereof. Those of skill in the art will understand how to make and use the systems and methods disclosed herein after understanding the present disclosure. The present disclosure, in various embodiments, configurations, and aspects, includes providing devices and processes in the absence of items not depicted and/or described herein or in various embodiments, configurations, or aspects hereof, including in the absence of such items as may have been used in previous devices or processes, e.g., for improving performance, achieving ease, and/or reducing cost of implementation.
- The foregoing discussion of the disclosure has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. The foregoing is not intended to limit the disclosure to the form or forms disclosed herein. In the foregoing Detailed Description for example, various features of the disclosure are grouped together in one or more embodiments, configurations, or aspects for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. The features of the embodiments, configurations, or aspects of the disclosure may be combined in alternate embodiments, configurations, or aspects other than those discussed above. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed disclosure requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment, configuration, or aspect. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate preferred embodiment of the disclosure.
- Moreover, though the description of the disclosure has included description of one or more embodiments, configurations, or aspects and certain variations and modifications, other variations, combinations, and modifications are within the scope of the disclosure, e.g., as may be within the skill and knowledge of those in the art, after understanding the present disclosure. It is intended to obtain rights, which include alternative embodiments, configurations, or aspects to the extent permitted, including alternate, interchangeable and/or equivalent structures, functions, ranges, or steps to those claimed, whether or not such alternate, interchangeable and/or equivalent structures, functions, ranges, or steps are disclosed herein, and without intending to publicly dedicate any patentable subject matter.
- Embodiments include a vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle interior for receiving one or more occupants;
- a plurality of sensors to collect sensed information associated with the vehicle interior and an exterior of the vehicle;
- an automatic vehicle location system to determine a current spatial location of the vehicle;
- a computer readable medium to store authentication information and the sensed information when the vehicle is in a
Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation; and - a microprocessor, coupled to the automatic vehicle location system and computer readable medium, that, when in the
Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation: - detects, in the sensed information, an individual exterior to the vehicle;
- based on the sensed information and authentication information, attempts to authenticate the individual or a computing device associated with the individual; and
- when the individual or computing device is authenticated successfully, performs a vehicle operation to enable the individual to access the vehicle interior.
- Embodiments include a method that includes the steps:
- operating, by a microprocessor, a vehicle in a
Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation; - while operating at
Level 4 or 5, detecting, by the microprocessor, an individual exterior to the vehicle; - based on sensed information collected by sensors of the vehicle and authentication information stored in a computer readable medium of the vehicle, attempting, by the microprocessor, to authenticate the sensed individual or a computing device associated with the individual; and
- when the individual or computing device is authenticated successfully, performing, by the microprocessor, a vehicle operation to enable the individual to access an interior of the vehicle.
- Aspects of the above vehicle or method can include one or more of: the sensed information comprising navigation information, the navigation information comprising a dimensional array of features, each feature having an attribute of location and category, the sensed information comprising one or more of spatial vehicle location, sensed object information associated with objects in spatial proximity to the vehicle, sensed occupant information for the vehicle, selected vehicle-related information, exterior environmental information regarding an environment of the vehicle, and an occupant command, and the authentication information being one or more of biometric data of the detected individual, a credential, passcode, or key to be received from the individual, an Electronic Serial Number (“ESN”) of the computing device, a Mobile Equipment Identifier (“MEID”) of the computing device, an International Mobile Equipment Identity (“IMEI”) of the computing device, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) number of the computing device, a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (“TMSI”) of the computing device, a telephone number of the computing device, an Internet Protocol address of the computing device, and Mobile IP (“MIP”) of the computing device.
- Aspects of the above vehicle or method can include one or more of: the vehicle interior comprising one or more occupants, the vehicle operation being one or more of locking or unlocking a door and raising or lowering a window, and the microprocessor having determined that the vehicle has arrived at a predetermined waypoint or destination.
- Aspects of the above vehicle or method can include: the microprocessor requiring successful secondary authentication of the individual by the one or more occupants prior to performing the vehicle operation.
- Aspects of the above vehicle or method can include one or more of: the microprocessor providing a live video stream of the vehicle interior or exterior to a remote computing device, the remote computing device being successfully authenticated by the microprocessor, the remote computing device being associated with an individual different from the sensed individual, and the different individual being able to prevent the microprocessor from performing the vehicle operation or enable the microprocessor to perform the vehicle operation notwithstanding whether or not the sensed individual is successfully authenticated.
- Aspects of the above vehicle or method can include the authentication information comprising a token, key, or passcode provided to the vehicle and sensed individual's computing device by a remote control source and the sensed individual being previously not associated with the vehicle.
- Embodiments include a method that includes the steps:
- operating, by a microprocessor, a vehicle in a
Level 4 or 5 level of autonomous operation; - while operating at
Level 4 or 5, receiving, by the microprocessor, one or more requests from a successfully authenticated remote computing device associated with an owner of the vehicle for sensed information collected by sensors of the vehicle; - providing, by the microprocessor, the requested sensed information to the remote computing device, the requested sensed information being plural of a first display containing the historic route or trace route of the vehicle, a second display containing a currently selected route to be traveled by the vehicle, a third display comprising live video of an interior of the vehicle, and a fourth display comprising a live video of an exterior of the vehicle.
- Aspects of the above vehicle or method can include one or more of: the owner, by the computing device, being able to alter an operation or setting or configuration of the vehicle while operating at
Level 4 or 5 and the operation or setting or configuration being one or more of route, waypoint, destination, infotainment setting, access of a portable computing device of a passenger of the vehicle to a local wireless network within the vehicle, vehicle speed, door lock or unlock setting, and window lock or unlock setting. - Aspects of the above vehicle or method can include the owner, by the computing device, being able to broadcast over the vehicle infotainment system an audio or visual or multimedia message to the vehicle passengers.
- Aspects of the above vehicle or method can include one or more of: the aspects noted above.
- Any one or more of the aspects/embodiments as substantially disclosed herein.
- Any one or more of the aspects/embodiments as substantially disclosed herein optionally in combination with any one or more other aspects/embodiments as substantially disclosed herein.
- One or means adapted to perform any one or more of the above aspects/embodiments as substantially disclosed herein.
- The phrases “at least one,” “one or more,” “or,” and “and/or” are open-ended expressions that are both conjunctive and disjunctive in operation. For example, each of the expressions “at least one of A, B and C,” “at least one of A, B, or C,” “one or more of A, B, and C,” “one or more of A, B, or C,” “A, B, and/or C,” and “A, B, or C” means A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, or A, B and C together.
- The term “a” or “an” entity refers to one or more of that entity. As such, the terms “a” (or “an”), “one or more,” and “at least one” can be used interchangeably herein. It is also to be noted that the terms “comprising,” “including,” and “having” can be used interchangeably.
- The term “automatic” and variations thereof, as used herein, refers to any process or operation, which is typically continuous or semi-continuous, done without material human input when the process or operation is performed. However, a process or operation can be automatic, even though performance of the process or operation uses material or immaterial human input, if the input is received before performance of the process or operation. Human input is deemed to be material if such input influences how the process or operation will be performed. Human input that consents to the performance of the process or operation is not deemed to be “material.”
- Aspects of the present disclosure may take the form of an embodiment that is entirely hardware, an embodiment that is entirely software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” or “system.” Any combination of one or more computer-readable medium(s) may be utilized. The computer-readable medium may be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium.
- A computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
- A computer-readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer-readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer-readable signal medium may be any computer-readable medium that is not a computer-readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer-readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including, but not limited to, wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
- The terms “determine,” “calculate,” “compute,” and variations thereof, as used herein, are used interchangeably and include any type of methodology, process, mathematical operation or technique.
- The term “electric vehicle” (EV), also referred to herein as an electric drive vehicle, may use one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion. An electric vehicle may be powered through a collector system by electricity from off-vehicle sources, or may be self-contained with a battery or generator to convert fuel to electricity. An electric vehicle generally includes a rechargeable electricity storage system (RESS) (also called Full Electric Vehicles (FEV)). Power storage methods may include: chemical energy stored on the vehicle in on-board batteries (e.g., battery electric vehicle or BEV), on board kinetic energy storage (e.g., flywheels), and/or static energy (e.g., by on-board double-layer capacitors). Batteries, electric double-layer capacitors, and flywheel energy storage may be forms of rechargeable on-board electrical storage.
- The term “hybrid electric vehicle” refers to a vehicle that may combine a conventional (usually fossil fuel-powered) powertrain with some form of electric propulsion. Most hybrid electric vehicles combine a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) propulsion system with an electric propulsion system (hybrid vehicle drivetrain). In parallel hybrids, the ICE and the electric motor are both connected to the mechanical transmission and can simultaneously transmit power to drive the wheels, usually through a conventional transmission. In series hybrids, only the electric motor drives the drivetrain, and a smaller ICE works as a generator to power the electric motor or to recharge the batteries. Power-split hybrids combine series and parallel characteristics. A full hybrid, sometimes also called a strong hybrid, is a vehicle that can run on just the engine, just the batteries, or a combination of both. A mid hybrid is a vehicle that cannot be driven solely on its electric motor, because the electric motor does not have enough power to propel the vehicle on its own.
- The term “rechargeable electric vehicle” or “REV” refers to a vehicle with on board rechargeable energy storage, including electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles.
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