US 11,959,761 B1
Passenger profiles for autonomous vehicles
Darren Ernest Canavor, Redmond, WA (US); Erik Resch Parker, Snohomish, WA (US); Allan Scott Bathurst, Seattle, WA (US); and Marshall Friend Tappen, Bainbridge Island, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,471.
Application 15/935,230 is a division of application No. 14/868,753, filed on Sep. 29, 2015, granted, now 9,971,348, issued on May 15, 2018.
Application 17/840,471 is a continuation of application No. 15/935,230, filed on Mar. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,371,857.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/062 (2021.01); H04W 12/065 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)
CPC G01C 21/3617 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 12/062 (2021.01); H04W 12/065 (2021.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of sensors; and
a controller configured to:
obtain, from at least one of the plurality of sensors, information associated with a passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
determine, based at least in part on the information associated with the passenger, an identity of the passenger;
identify a vehicle profile for the autonomous vehicle, wherein the vehicle profile includes a plurality of rules specifying a plurality of configurable settings of the autonomous vehicle;
determine, based at least in part on the identity of the passenger, a passenger profile corresponding to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle;
determine, based at least in part on the passenger profile corresponding to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle, a first rule from the plurality of rules of the vehicle profile that specifies a first configurable setting of the autonomous vehicle to be enforced during autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle; and
configure the first configurable setting of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the first rule, such that the first rule is enforced during autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle.