Active off-vehicle notification to autonomous-driving vehicle
A system included and a computer-implemented method performed in an autonomous-driving vehicle are described. The system performs: detecting a wireless push signal transmitted from a signal transmitter accompanied by an off-vehicle passer and received by a signal receiver of the autonomous-driving vehicle, the wireless push signal including information about a motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer, determining a position and a motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer at least based on the wireless push signal, and controlling a locomotive mechanism of the autonomous-driving vehicle based on the determined position and motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer.
1. A system for an autonomous-driving vehicle, comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
detect a first wireless push signal transmitted from a signal transmitter accompanied by an off-vehicle passer and received by a signal receiver of the autonomous-driving vehicle, the first wireless push signal comprising information about a motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer;
determine a position and the motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer at least based on the first wireless push signal;
control a locomotive mechanism of the autonomous-driving vehicle based on the determined position and motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer;
detect a second wireless push signal transmitted from a signal transmitter accompanied by a stationary object and received by the signal receiver of the autonomous-driving vehicle, the second wireless push signal including information about a location of the stationary object; and
determine a position of the stationary object at least based on the second wireless push signal, wherein the locomotive mechanism of the autonomous-driving vehicle is controlled also based on the determined position of the stationary object.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information in the first wireless push signal further comprises demographic information or a motion profile of the off-vehicle passer.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to obtain image data of surrounding images of the autonomous-driving vehicle generated by one or more image sensors, wherein the position of the off-vehicle passer is determined also based on the obtained image data.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to obtain image data of surrounding images of the autonomous-driving vehicle generated by one or more image sensors, wherein the motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer is determined also based on the obtained image data.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless push signal is transmitted from the signal transmitter accompanied by the off-vehicle passer upon detection of the autonomous-driving vehicle.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to obtain image data of surrounding images of the autonomous-driving vehicle generated by one or more image sensors, wherein the position of the stationary object is determined also based on the obtained image data.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless push signal is transmitted from the signal transmitter accompanied by the off-vehicle passer upon detection of the second wireless push signal.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the stationary object is a roadside traffic object including at least one of a traffic signal, a traffic sign, a street lump, and a street camera.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to cause a wireless vehicle signal to be transmitted in response to the first wireless push signal or the second wireless push signal.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one of the first wireless vehicle signal or the second wireless push signal includes information indicating a route of the autonomous-driving vehicle that the autonomous-driving vehicle is going to take.
11. A computer-implemented method performed in an autonomous-driving vehicle comprising:
detecting a first wireless push signal transmitted from a signal transmitter accompanied by an off-vehicle passer and received by a signal receiver of the autonomous-driving vehicle, the first wireless push signal comprising information about a motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer;
determining a position and the motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer at least based on the first wireless push signal;
controlling a locomotive mechanism of the autonomous-driving vehicle based on the determined position and motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer;
detecting a second wireless push signal transmitted from a signal transmitter accompanied by a stationary object and received by the signal receiver of the autonomous-driving vehicle, the second wireless push signal including information about a location of the stationary object; and
determining a position of the stationary object at least based on the second wireless push signal, wherein the locomotive mechanism of the autonomous-driving vehicle is controlled also based on the determined position of the stationary object.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the information in the first wireless push signal further comprises demographic information or a motion profile of the off-vehicle passer.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising obtaining image data of surrounding images of the autonomous-driving vehicle generated by one or more image sensors, wherein the position of the off-vehicle passer is determined also based on the obtained image data.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising obtaining image data of surrounding images of the autonomous-driving vehicle generated by one or more image sensors, wherein the motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer is determined also based on the obtained image data.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising transmitting the first wireless push signal from the signal transmitter accompanied by the off-vehicle passer upon detection of the autonomous-driving vehicle.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising obtaining image data of surrounding images of the autonomous-driving vehicle generated by one or more image sensors, wherein the position of the stationary object is determined also based on the obtained image data.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the first wireless push signal is transmitted from the signal transmitter accompanied by the off-vehicle passer upon detection of the second wireless push signal.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the stationary object is a roadside traffic object including at least one of a traffic signal, a traffic sign, a street lump, and a street camera.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system of an autonomous-driving vehicle, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:
detecting a first wireless push signal transmitted from a signal transmitter accompanied by an off-vehicle passer and received by a signal receiver of the autonomous-driving vehicle, the first wireless push signal comprising information about a motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer;
determining a position and the motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer at least based on the first wireless push signal;
controlling a locomotive mechanism of the autonomous-driving vehicle based on the determined position and motion capability level of the off-vehicle passer;
detecting a second wireless push signal transmitted from a signal transmitter accompanied by a stationary object and received by the signal receiver of the autonomous-driving vehicle, the second wireless push signal including information about a location of the stationary object; and
determining a position of the stationary object at least based on the second wireless push signal, wherein the locomotive mechanism of the autonomous-driving vehicle is controlled also based on the determined position of the stationary object.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the information in the first wireless push signal further comprises demographic information or a motion profile of the off-vehicle passer.