Method for robotic vehicle communication with an external environment via acoustic beam forming

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9878664
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14756993

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Systems and methods implemented in algorithms, software, firmware, logic, or circuitry may be configured to process data to determine whether an object external to an autonomous vehicle is a person (e.g., such as a pedestrian) or other classification (e.g., such as a vehicle), and may be further configured to determine a position of the person relative to the autonomous vehicle. Logic may be configured to direct acoustic energy (e.g., via vehicular acoustic beam-forming) to an object external to the autonomous vehicle as an audible acoustic alert. The vehicle-related acoustic beam may be directed to a driver in another vehicle. Logic may be configured to track the motion of external objects, such as a pedestrian crossing from one side of the street to the other, and may correspondingly steer the direction of the vehicle-related acoustic beam(s) to track the person's movement.

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ZOOX INC1149 CHESS DRIVE FOSTER CITY CA 94404

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kentley-Klay, Timothy David Stanford, US 124 1957
Levinson, Jesse Sol Redwood City, US 65 5008
Lind, Amanda Blair San Francisco, US 4 272

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