Accessibility method and apparatus for autonomous/semi-autonomous driving

• Main Authors: EKANDEM JOSHUA, ALVAREZ IGNACIO J
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 17.01.2020
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Apparatus, method and computer readable medium associated with autonomous/semi-autonomous driving (AD/Semi-AD) are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may comprise an accessibility engine disposed in an AD/ semi-AD vehicle to control accessibility elements of the vehicle. The accessibility engine may be configured to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors disposed in the vehicle, and determine a specific spot for the vehicle to stop at a destination for a passenger or driver to ingress or egress the vehicle, based at least in part on the sensor data and a model of the vehicle that includes information about accessibility elements of the vehicle, including determination of accessibility needs of the passenger or driver based at least in part on at least some of the sensor data. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed. 本文公开了与自主/半自主驾驶(AD/半AD)相关联的装置、方法和计算机可读介质。在实施例中，装置可包括设置在AD/半AD车辆中的、用于控制车辆的无障碍性要素的无障碍性引擎。无障碍性引擎可被配置成用于：从设置在车辆中的多个传感器接收传感器数据；以及至少部分地基于传感器数据和车辆的模型来确定车辆停在目的地处的特定地点，以供乘客或驾驶员进入或