US 11,897,515 B2
Reducing pathogen transmission in autonomous vehicle fleet
Jennifer Devar McKnew, Petaluma, CA (US)
Assigned to GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,797.
Application 18/174,797 is a continuation of application No. 17/669,935, filed on Feb. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,618,478.
Application 17/669,935 is a continuation of application No. 16/875,593, filed on May 15, 2020, granted, now 11,318,960, issued on May 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211756 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); B60S 1/62 (2006.01); B60S 1/64 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/00253 (2020.02) [A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); B60S 1/62 (2013.01); B60S 1/64 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0016 (2020.02); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G08G 1/123 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02); B60W 2540/049 (2020.02); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a passenger compartment having at least one passenger seat;
a sensor to detect a passenger in the vehicle;
a disinfecting system to distribute a disinfecting material to the passenger compartment the disinfecting system comprising a plurality of nozzles; and
an onboard computer to:
determine, based on data from the sensor, a portion of the passenger compartment that the passenger contacted;
determine that the passenger has exited the passenger compartment; and
instruct the disinfecting system to distribute the disinfecting material in the passenger compartment in response to determining that the passenger has exited the passenger compartment, wherein distributing the disinfecting material comprises distributing the disinfecting material from a first nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, the first nozzle directed at the portion of the passenger compartment that the passenger contacted, and not spraying the disinfecting material from a second nozzle of the plurality of nozzles.