US 12,134,397 B2
Auditory assistant module for autonomous vehicles
Cheng Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Xiaodi Hou, San Diego, CA (US); and Sven Kratz, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to TUSIMPLE, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by TUSIMPLE, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/339,987.
Application 18/339,987 is a continuation of application No. 17/497,283, filed on Oct. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,718,312.
Application 17/497,283 is a continuation of application No. 16/854,848, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,167,775, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/839,477, filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331246 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); B60W 2510/18 (2013.01); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing audio in a vehicle, comprising:
obtaining, by a computer located in a first vehicle, a first set of information about a second vehicle at a first time, wherein the second vehicle is located behind the first vehicle;
causing a first audio to be played in the first vehicle, wherein the first audio represents a direction in which the second vehicle moves towards the first vehicle, and wherein the first audio indicates a speed and the first location of the second vehicle relative to a fourth location of the first vehicle at the first time;
obtaining, by the computer located in the first vehicle, a second set of information about the second vehicle at a second time later than the first time;
performing a first determination, from the second set of information, that the second vehicle located at a second location at the second time poses an increased danger compared to the second vehicle located at a first location at the first time; and
causing, in response to the first determination, a second audio to be played in the first vehicle, wherein the second audio is different than the first audio.