System of configuring active lighting to indicate directionality of an autonomous vehicle

摘要

Systems, apparatus and methods may be configured to implement actively-controlled light emission from a robotic vehicle. A light emitter(s) of the robotic vehicle may be configurable to indicate a direction of travel of the robotic vehicle and/or display information (e.g., a greeting, a notice, a message, a graphic, passenger/customer/client content, vehicle livery, customized livery) using one or more colors of emitted light (e.g., orange for a first direction and purple for a second direction), one or more sequences of emitted light (e.g., a moving image/graphic), or positions of light emitter(s) on the robotic vehicle (e.g., symmetrically positioned light emitters). The robotic vehicle may not have a front or a back (e.g., a trunk/a hood) and may be configured to travel bi-directionally, in a first direction or a second direction (e.g., opposite the first direction), with the direction of travel being indicated by one or more of the light emitters.

主权项

1. A method for visual indication of direction of travel of an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
receiving data representing a trajectory of the autonomous vehicle in an environment; causing the autonomous vehicle to navigate in a direction of travel that corresponds to the trajectory; selecting data representing a directional light pattern, wherein the directional light pattern is configured to indicate the direction of travel of the autonomous vehicle; selecting a light emitter of the autonomous vehicle to emit light into the environment; and causing, using the data representing the directional light pattern, the light emitter to emit the light to visually convey the direction of travel of the autonomous vehicle.