US 11,914,381 B1
Methods for communicating state, intent, and context of an autonomous vehicle
Carol Reiley, Mountain View, CA (US); Daniel Espinel, Mountain View, CA (US); Ryan Wistort, Mountain View, CA (US); and Michael Paris, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Direct Current Capital LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,681.
Application 17/380,681 is a continuation of application No. 16/286,294, filed on Feb. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,079,765.
Application 16/286,294 is a continuation of application No. 15/384,033, filed on Dec. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,261,513, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0214 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/26 (2013.01); B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60Q 1/5035 (2022.05); B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60Q 5/006 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining scan data of a field of view of a vehicle;
detecting a current state of a scene located in a first direction in the field of view of the vehicle, the current state of the scene detected based on the scan data; and
rendering content based on the scan data, the content corresponding to the current state of the scene located in the first direction in the field of view of the vehicle, the content presented external to the vehicle in a second direction different from the first direction.