Abstract: Techniques for communicating feedback to passengers of autonomous vehicles regarding reasons for actions taken by autonomous vehicles to build trust with passengers are described herein. For instance, an autonomous vehicle may associate various objects with symbols and/or predicates while traversing a path to evaluate Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) formulae. Events along the path may require the autonomous vehicle to perform an action. The vehicle may determine to communicate the event and/or action to the passenger to provide a reason as to why the autonomous vehicle took the action, based on evaluation of the LTL formulae. In some examples, the autonomous vehicle may communicate with passengers via one or more of visual cues, auditory cues, and/or haptic cues. In this way, autonomous vehicles may build trust with passengers by reassuring and informing passengers of reasons for taking actions either before, during, or after the action is taken.

Abstract: An aesthetically pleasing discreet wearable system for interacting with a vehicle, or fleet of vehicles. The wearable system may be worn as a necklace, bracelet, anklet, or the like and allows for communication between a passenger and a vehicle, or fleet of vehicles. A passenger may summon or cancel a ride, alter interior lighting and music levels, or otherwise control a vehicle by interacting with the wearable system. Such interaction includes signals generated by a microphone, by a touch sensor, or by gesture recognition. The wearable system communicates to the passenger a successful summoning of a ride, successfully canceling a ride, and a time to arrival by combinations of vibrations, light emissions, and audio alerts.

Abstract: A device is designed for collecting heartbeat information. Heart Beat Variation (HRV) is calculated based on the collected heartbeat information. The device has textile sensors so that a user wears a clothing with such sensors to collect the heartbeat information. The device has multiple modes to be adjusted dynamically.

Abstract: A method provides a notification on a wearable audio device. The method includes detecting a physical configuration of the wearable audio device. The physical configuration is determined using information provided by one or more sensors on the wearable audio device. At least one notification routed from a mobile device which is connected with the wearable audio device is provided in a manner corresponding to the determined physical configuration.

Abstract: A system and method for generating on-demand voiceprints are presented wherein voiceprints are created on the fly using voice recordings and associated metadata specified by an application. The application requests a voiceprint and specifies a description of the data necessary to generate the voiceprint, including the appropriate voice recordings, the requisite verification engine and other parameters that should be utilized to generate the voiceprint. The specified voice recordings are accessed from storage and a voiceprint is produced using the designated speech engine and application-specified parameters.

Abstract: A system and method for generating on-demand voiceprints are presented wherein voiceprints are created on the fly using voice recordings and associated metadata specified by an application. The application requests a voiceprint and specifies a description of the data necessary to generate the voiceprint, including the appropriate voice recordings, the requisite verification engine and other parameters that should be utilized to generate the voiceprint. The specified voice recordings are accessed from storage and a voiceprint is produced using the designated speech engine and application-specified parameters.