US 12,455,565 B2
Emergency vehicle interactions using external triggers
Anuj Kaul, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Kunal Roy, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/462,039.
Application 18/462,039 is a continuation of application No. 16/829,848, filed on Mar. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,796,997.
Prior Publication US 2023/0418286 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 1/0022 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0017 (2020.02); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/028 (2013.01); G05D 1/0285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a first device of a computing system and from an emergency vehicle, a command including an identifier associated with an autonomous vehicle and one or more instructions specifying an action for the autonomous vehicle, wherein the computing system is separate from the autonomous vehicle;
relaying the command from the first device to a second device of the computing system via a private API, the private API being configured to self-authenticate the first device as a trusted source; and
relaying, by the second device, the command to the autonomous vehicle based on the command and the identifier, the command causing the autonomous vehicle to execute the action.