US 11,775,054 B2
Virtual models for communications between autonomous vehicles and external observers
Debdeep Banerjee, San Diego, CA (US); and Ananthapadmanabhan Arasanipalai Kandhadai, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/45,403.
Application 18/045,403 is a division of application No. 16/864,016, filed on Apr. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,501,495.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,445, filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110160 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G09C 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/011 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G09C 1/00 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for communicating between one or more vehicles and one or more external observers, comprising:
a memory configured to store data; and
a processor configured to:
extract one or more image features from one or more images comprising at least a portion of a first external observer for communicating with a vehicle;
detect, based on the one or more image features, that the first external observer is attempting to communicate with the vehicle;
obtain, for the vehicle based on detecting that the first external observer is attempting to communicate with the vehicle, a first virtual model for communicating with the first external observer;
output the first virtual model for display to the first external observer;
receive a communication from the first external observer for interacting with the first virtual model; and
communicate with the first external observer using the first virtual model in response to the received communication.