AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering a passenger to a destination autonomously. The vehicle includes one or more computing devices and a set of user input buttons for communicating requests to stop the vehicle and to initiate a trip to the destination with the one or more computing devices. The set of user input buttons consisting essentially of a dual-purpose button and an emergency stopping button different from the dual-purpose button configured to stop the vehicle. The dual-purpose button has a first purpose for communicating a request to initiate the trip to the destination and a second purpose for communicating a request to pull the vehicle over and stop the vehicle. The vehicle has no steering wheel and no user inputs for the steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle other than the set of user input buttons.

主权项

1. A vehicle for maneuvering a passenger to a destination autonomously, the vehicle comprising:
one or more computing devices; a set of user input buttons configured to communicate requests to stop the vehicle and to initiate a trip to the destination with the one or more computing devices, the set of user input buttons consisting essentially of:
a dual-purpose button having a first purpose to communicate a request to initiate the trip to the destination and a second purpose to communicate a request to pull the vehicle over and stop the vehicle, andan emergency stopping button different from the dual-purpose button, the emergency stopping button configured to stop the vehicle.