IP Library Patent Application 15454941
Patent Application
App. No. 15/454,941

PERSONALIZED CONTENT CREATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RIDES

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15/454,941
Abstract

An on-board user interface device of an autonomous vehicle (AV) can detect a transition of the AV from a manual drive mode to an autonomous drive mode. In response to detecting the transition, the user interface device can receive live sensor data from a control system of the AV, where the live sensor data can indicate a surrounding environment of the AV. In autonomous drive mode, the user interface device can receive an input on a camera input mechanism to activate a camera. In response to the input on the camera input mechanism, the user interface device can capture an image of a passenger of the AV, and compile a plurality of frames of the live sensor data.

Claims (53)

1 . An on-board computing device comprising:

a communication interface to connect with a control system of an autonomous vehicle (AV);

a camera;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

detect a transition of the AV from a manual drive mode to an autonomous drive mode;

in response to detecting the transition, receive live sensor data from the control system of the AV via the communication interface, the live sensor data indicating a surrounding environment of the AV;

receive an input, from a passenger of the AV, on a camera input mechanism to activate the camera; and

in response to receiving the input on the camera input mechanism, (i) capture an image of the passenger of the AV, and (ii) compile a plurality of frames of the live sensor data.

2 . The on-board computing device of claim 1 , wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

transmit, over a network, the captured image of the passenger and the plurality of frames of the live sensor data to a remote computing system to enable the creation of a graphics interchange format (GIF) content for the passenger.

3 . The on-board computing device of claim 2 , wherein the GIF content comprises the captured image of the passenger persistently overlaid on each of the plurality of frames of the live sensor data.

4 . The on-board computing device of claim 2 , wherein the remote computing system provides access to the GIF content to a mobile computing device of the passenger to enable the passenger to upload the GIF content to a social media sharing platform.

5 . The on-board computing device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of frames of the live sensor data correlate to a timing characteristic of the captured image.

6 . The on-board computing device of claim 1 , wherein the communication interface comprises a wired connection to the control system of the AV.

7 . The on-board computing device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of frames of the live sensor data comprises LIDAR data frames of the surrounding environment of the AV.

8 . The on-board computing device of claim 1 , wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

generate graphics interchange format (GIF) content comprising the captured image of the passenger overlaid with each of the plurality of frame of the live sensor data.

9 . The on-board computing device of claim 8 , wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

transmit the GIF content to a mobile computing device of the passenger over a network.

10 . The on-board computing device of claim 8 , wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

upload the GIF content to a network resource; and

transmit a link to the GIF content to a mobile computing device of the passenger.

11 . The on-board computing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a display screen;

wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

when the AV is in manual drive mode, generate map data on the display screen indicating a live map view of the AV traveling along a current route; and

when the AV is in autonomous drive mode, generate a live sensor view on the display screen, the live sensor view providing a video stream of the AV traveling along the current route in the live sensor data from the senor system of the AV.

12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an on-board computing device of an autonomous vehicle (AV), cause the one or more processors to:

detect a transition of the AV from a manual drive mode to an autonomous drive mode;

in response to detecting the transition, receive live sensor data from a control system of the AV, the live sensor data indicating a surrounding environment of the AV;

receive an input, from a passenger of the AV, on a camera input mechanism to activate the camera; and

in response to receiving the input on the camera input mechanism, (i) capture an image of the passenger of the AV, and (ii) compile a plurality of frames of the live sensor data.

13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

transmit, over a network, the captured image of the passenger and the plurality of frames of the live sensor data to a remote computing system to enable the creation of graphics interchange format (GIF) content for the passenger.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the GIF content comprises the captured image of the passenger persistently overlaid on each of the plurality of frames of the live sensor data.

15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the remote computing system provides access to the GIF content to a mobile computing device of the passenger to enable the passenger to upload the GIF content to a social media sharing platform.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

generate a graphics interchange format (GIF) content comprising the captured image of the passenger overlaid with each of the plurality of frame of the live sensor data.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

transmit the GIF content to a mobile computing device of the passenger over a network.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

upload the GIF content to a network resource; and

transmit a link to the GIF content to a mobile computing device of the passenger over a network.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the computing device comprises a display screen; and

wherein the executed instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

when the AV is in manual drive mode, generate map data on the display screen indicating a live map view of the AV traveling along a current route; and

when the AV is in autonomous drive mode, generate a live sensor view on the display screen, the live sensor view providing a video stream of the AV traveling along the current route in the live sensor data from the senor system of the AV.

20 . A computer-implemented method of facilitating content creation, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:

detecting a transition of an autonomous vehicle (AVI from a manual drive mode to an autonomous drive mode;

in response to detecting the transition, receiving live sensor data from a control system of the AV, the live sensor data indicating a surrounding environment of the AV;

receiving an input, from a passenger of the AV, on a camera input mechanism to activate the camera; and

in response to receiving the input on the camera input mechanism, (i) capturing an image of the passenger of the AV, and (ii) compiling a plurality of frames of the live sensor data.

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