US 11,796,999 B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a self-driving vehicle
Anthony William Tod, St. Agatha (CA); and Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Kitchener (CA)
Assigned to CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC., Kitchener (CA)
Filed by Clearpath Robotics Inc., Kitchener (CA)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,433.
Application 17/400,433 is a continuation of application No. 16/044,598, filed on Jul. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,119,476.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/537,195, filed on Jul. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0373555 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 1/0038 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for monitoring a plurality of self-driving vehicles, comprising:
a processor;
a camera in communication with the processor;
a communications transceiver in communication with the processor for communicating with the plurality of self-driving vehicles;
a computer-readable medium in communication with the processor;
a display device in communication with the processor, the display device being adjacent to the camera;
the computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to:
receive an image of at least one unidentified self-driving vehicle of the plurality of self-driving vehicles, the image captured by the camera;
identify the at least one unidentified self-driving vehicle based on the image captured by the camera;
determine an orientation of the at least one identified self-driving vehicle relative to the camera based on the image captured by the camera;
receive vehicle information associated with the at least one identified self-driving vehicle;
generate a graphic comprising the image captured by the camera and a visual representation of the vehicle information, wherein the visual representation of the vehicle information is oriented within the graphic based on the orientation of the at least one identified self-driving vehicle relative to the camera; and
display the graphic on the display device.