US 12,275,347 B1
Symmetrical autonomous vehicle direction indication
Andrew Mark Stieber, Foster City, CA (US); Nahuel Elias Battaglia, Stanford, CA (US); Kevin Mark Karol, San Francisco, CA (US); and Steven Matthew Schleibaum, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,565.
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60Q 1/507 (2022.05) [B60W 60/005 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle system, comprising:
an autonomous vehicle chassis comprising:
a drive train configured to cause the vehicle system to traveling in a direction;
a body, which is mirrored about a first axis and a second axis to define four quadrants, the first axis extending from a first end to a second end of the body and the second axis perpendicular to the first axis and extending laterally across a center of the body; and
four indicator lights, arranged on an exterior of the body and each disposed in respective quadrants of the four quadrants; and
non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the vehicle system to perform acts comprising:
determining that the vehicle system is in a service status or an operating status;
causing the four indicator lights to illuminate in a first mode based at least in part on determining that the vehicle system is in the operating status;
causing a specific light of the four indicator lights to illuminate in a second mode based at least in part on determining that the vehicle system is in the service status, wherein:
the specific light is associated with a corresponding quadrant of the four quadrants; and
the second mode comprises a first illumination pattern for the specific light and a second illumination pattern different from the first illumination pattern for a remaining three lights of the four indicator lights.