Autonomous Vehicle Shared Communication by Location-Based Playback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to facilitate immersive communication between passengers in different autonomous vehicles, either synchronously or asynchronously, especially when they are traveling together or at different times, limiting social interaction during rides.
Innovation Solution
Implementing interior emitters and sensors in vehicles to determine passenger locations and preferences, enabling synchronized communication by matching seats in different vehicles and asynchronous communication based on vehicle proximity to predefined locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If asynchronous shared communication is enabled between passengers in different autonomous vehicles, then social interaction and information exchange are enhanced, but system complexity and coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
A server acts as an intermediary between autonomous vehicles to coordinate asynchronous communication. The server receives content data from one vehicle, determines when another vehicle is within threshold distance of the same location, and facilitates content sharing between vehicles without requiring direct peer-to-peer coordination between the vehicles themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
Content data captured by one vehicle (audio, video, sensor data) is copied and transmitted to other vehicles that were within threshold distance of the same location. This allows passengers to experience content from other rides without requiring the original content source to be continuously present or complex real-time synchronization.
2Loss of information
If content data is shared between vehicles based on location proximity, then immersive communication experience is improved, but measurement precision requirements for location and timing increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines and stores content data associated with specific locations in advance, before actual communication occurs. When a vehicle later passes within threshold distance of that location, the pre-determined content is shared, eliminating the need for precise real-time synchronization and reducing measurement precision requirements during actual communication events.
3Ease of operation
If interior emitters and sensors are implemented to determine passenger locations and preferences, then communication personalization is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle system incorporates multi-functional components that serve both safety/monitoring purposes and communication personalization. Sensors and emitters used for basic vehicle operations are leveraged to determine passenger locations and preferences, eliminating the need for separate dedicated systems and reducing overall manufacturing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for providing shared communication are discussed herein. A system can receive, at a vehicle, a request to activate a sharing mode and content data associated with the sharing mode. The system can determine, based at least in part on the content data, a first location of the vehicle. The system can determine, based at least in part on the location, a trajectory of the vehicle. The system can further determine that the vehicle is within a threshold distance to the location and output a first content determined based on the content data based at least in part on the vehicle being within the threshold distance to the location.