Patent ID: 11884238
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a door interface component coupled to a first door of an autonomous vehicle;
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving an input associated with the door interface component;
determining an authentication state associated with a user;
based at least in part on the input and the authentication state, at least one of:
outputting, based at least in part on the authentication state being an authenticated state, an instruction to operate the first door or a second do or of the autonomous vehicle between a first position and a second position, or
generating, based at least in part on the authentication state being an unauthenticated state, a signal for output by the door interface component for sending to a remote operations system;
determining, based at least in part on sensor data from one or more sensors, whether it is safer to use the first door or the second door of the autonomous vehicle; and

outputting, based at least in part on the input, at least one of:
a first visual indicator based at least in part on the authentication state being the authenticated state, or
a second visual indicator based at least in part on the authentication state being the unauthenticated state,

wherein the first visual indicator is positioned on or adjacent to the first door on a first side of the autonomous vehicle and indicates to use, based at least in part on whether it is safer to use the first door or the second door, the first door or the second door on a second side of the autonomous vehicle.