Abstract: A lighting system, including: light emitting elements; a reset switch operable in a first and second state; non-volatile reset memory configured to record the state of the reset switch when power is provided to the system; a wireless communication system; non-volatile communication memory configured to store default settings and configuration settings; a control system operable, in response to initial power provision to the control system, between: a configured mode when an instantaneous reset switch state matches the recorded state, the configured mode including: connecting the wireless communication system to a remote device based on the configuration settings, receiving instructions from the remote device, and controlling light emitting element operation based on the instructions; and a reset mode when the instantaneous reset switch state differs from the recorded state, the reset mode including: erasing the configuration settings from the communication memory and operating the system based on the default

Abstract: An autonomous machine safety integrity system is described. A central control unit having a threshold safety certification level uplifts subsystems of the autonomous machine into the threshold safety certification level. To do so, the central control unit injects services into the autonomous machine subsystems via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) provided by the central control unit. Each API provided by the central control unit includes a safety integrity library that causes the central control unit to react by taking corrective action in response to a fault associated with one or more subsystems. Corrective action includes issuing an actuation command to an autonomous machine subsystem, cutting power to a subsystem, stopping the machine, or causing the machine to perform a minimum risk maneuver.

Abstract: Safe state management for autonomous operations is described. In one or more implementations, a system includes a vehicle network that communicatively couples a plurality of subsystems of an autonomous vehicle, a plurality of edge devices that manage operational states of the subsystems to report health data to the vehicle network indicative of at least one subsystem failure, and a central control unit that manages a global safety state of the autonomous vehicle based on the reported health data and coordinates a predetermined vehicle response across the edge devices to maintain a safe operating envelope of the autonomous vehicle during the subsystem failure.

Abstract: A connected lighting system that includes a substrate defining a broad face, a first set of light emitting elements, and a second set of light emitting elements. Each light emitting element of the second set of light elements may be configured to emit light having a fixed color parameter different from a first color parameter of the first set of lighting elements. The first and second sets of light emitting elements may be arranged at at least two different contiguous portions of the broad face of the substrate. A processor may be configured to control the first set of light emitting elements with a predetermined intensity and control relative intensities of one or more of the second set of light emitting elements to cooperatively emit light having a first color parameter value.

Abstract: A management system implements a platform operable to receive input specifying operation objectives for a target system. The management system employs a machine-learning model to process the operation objectives and generate commands for devices of the target system based on the operation objectives. The operation objectives are provided to the machine-learning model as natural language input in some instances. The commands are executed by the devices in order to coordinate operation of the devices and satisfy the operation objectives.

Abstract: A data safety observer system is described. In one or more implementations, a method includes executing at least one application that generates parameter data to cause a vehicle operation performed by at least one vehicle subsystem coupled to a vehicle network, conducting an integrity check on the parameter data that verifies whether the parameter data will cause the vehicle operation to maintain a safety envelope around the vehicle, responsive to determining that the parameter data does not satisfy the integrity check by verifying that the parameter data will not cause the vehicle operation to maintain the safety envelope around the vehicle, modifying the parameter data such that the vehicle safety envelope is maintained during performance of the vehicle operation, and outputting the modified parameter data on the vehicle network for causing the vehicle subsystem to perform the vehicle operation in a way that maintains the vehicle safety envelope.

Abstract: Enriched presentation and waste reduction techniques for the autonomous provisioning of goods and services are described. In one or more implementations, a promotion pod of a system includes a display screen for multimedia content, a presentation surface for a particular item, and lights to illuminate the presentation surface or the item displayed thereon. A processor is configured to control each system component of the promotion pod to provide a presentation environment for a particular item. For example, the processor controls the display screens to display promotional multimedia associated with the item. In some examples, the item is displayed without packaging (e.g., shoes are displayed without a shoebox). In this way, nearby pedestrians are provided an enriched, interactive experience and may purchase products in person with reduced or no packaging.

Abstract: Remote control autonomous vehicles with operator protection and terrain dynamics is described. In one or more implementations, a vehicle includes several subsystems designed to perform different vehicle operations. The vehicle also includes a communication subsystem and a central control unit with one or more processors. The communication subsystem receives instructions from a remote operator to actuate the subsystems to perform vehicle operations (e.g., driving along a path). In response to the instructions from the remote operator satisfying safety rules, the processors cause the subsystems to perform the vehicle operations. In this way, a remote operator may utilize the safety routines and terrain adjustments included in the autonomous systems.

Abstract: Autonomous vehicle hosted distribution services are described. In one or more implementations, a system is configured to control an autonomous vehicle to perform a parking maneuver at a host site associated with a user, authenticate an identity of the user for authorizing access to an inventory of items when the user approaches the vehicle, and use machine-learning to determine an item that the user is predicted to remove from the inventory. The system is further configured to automatically open a door on the vehicle to reveal a location of the item for allowing the item to be removed from the inventory, detect the user retreating from the vehicle after removing the item from the vehicle, and responsive to detecting the user retreating from the vehicle, automatically close the door to secure the inventory on the vehicle.

Abstract: A safety and control interface for safe vehicle operation is described. In one or more implementations, the safety and control interface receives a request for a service from an application executed by a first processor. The safety and control interface determines whether the application has an application permission to access the service. The safety and control interface determines whether executing the service would maintain a safety goal established for the vehicle. A second processor executes the service requested by the application based on the safety and control interface determining that the application has the application permission to access the service and that executing the service responsive to the request would maintain the safety goal established for the vehicle.

Abstract: Enhanced human interface lighting for autonomous machines is described. In one or more implementations, a system includes perception sensor devices (e.g., camera systems, radar systems, lidar systems) to obtain environmental condition information for the environment around a vehicle. A vehicle control system controls the brightness or wavelength characteristics for one or more exterior lights of the vehicle based on the environmental condition information. In this way, the system improves driver and passenger safety, enhances the experience and safety of humans interacting with the vehicle, and improves the perception characteristics of the perception sensor devices.

Abstract: Safe operation of vehicle controllers is described. In one or more implementations, a system includes a vehicle network, a plurality of edge devices in communication with the vehicle network and operable to implement vehicle operations, and a vehicle control system in communication with the vehicle network and having at least two processors configured to redundantly control the vehicle operations implemented by the edge devices. Each of the processors is operable to self-report a respective processor health to the vehicle network for enabling each edge device to independently arbitrate to be controlled by a healthiest processor.

Abstract: Autonomous vehicle hosted distribution services are described. In one or more implementations, a system is configured to control an autonomous vehicle to perform a parking maneuver at a host site associated with a user, authenticate an identity of the user for authorizing access to an inventory of items when the user approaches the vehicle, and use machine-learning to determine an item that the user is predicted to remove from the inventory. The system is further configured to automatically open a door on the vehicle to reveal a location of the item for allowing the item to be removed from the inventory, detect the user retreating from the vehicle after removing the item from the vehicle, and responsive to detecting the user retreating from the vehicle, automatically close the door to secure the inventory on the vehicle.

Abstract: A custom application system for safe vehicle operation is described. In one or more implementations, a single electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle controls safe operation of the vehicle and also executes applications, e.g., third party applications, within a partition that isolates execution of the applications from components responsible for the vehicle's safe operation. In accordance with the described techniques, the ECU includes a first processor to execute the applications and a second processor to maintain an operating state of the vehicle within a safe operating envelope of the vehicle. The second processor receives requests from the applications executed by the first processor and arbitrates them based on satisfying safety rules for the vehicle.

Abstract: Context-aware personalization and multi-functional service delivery in vehicle systems is described. In one or more implementations, a vehicle system can collect, by one or more sensors, input data associated with a proximal space at least partially surrounding a vehicle. The vehicle system can collect contextual data. The vehicle system can integrate the input data with the contextual data to contextualize an event occurring within the proximal space. The vehicle system can determine, based on the integrated data, an intent associated with the event. The vehicle system can determine an interaction to satisfy the intent.

Abstract: A lighting module, including: a baseboard configured to receive a user signal indicating a user lighting preference; a communication submodule configured to receive the user signal and convert the user signal to machine readable data indicating the user lighting preference; a control submodule communicably coupled to the wireless communication submodule for receiving the machine readable data, wherein the microcontroller submodule comprises: memory configured to store a lighting parameter provided by a provider, and a processor configured to generate lighting driver instructions based on the user lighting preference and the lighting parameter; and a lighting mode output submodule configured to output the lighting driver instructions to a lighting driver module of a lighting assembly for controlling light emitting elements of the lighting assembly.

Abstract: A connected lighting system that includes a substrate defining a broad face, a first set of light emitting elements, and a second set of light emitting elements. Each light emitting element of the second set of light elements may be configured to emit light having a fixed color parameter different from a first color parameter of the first set of lighting elements. The first and second sets of light emitting elements may be arranged at at least two different contiguous portions of the broad face of the substrate. A processor may be configured to control the first set of light emitting elements with a predetermined intensity and control relative intensities of one or more of the second set of light emitting elements to cooperatively emit light having a first color parameter value.

Abstract: A lighting system, including: a substrate defining a first broad face; a first set of light emitting elements configured to emit visible light having a fixed first color parameter; a second set of light emitting elements configured to emit visible light having a fixed second color parameter different from the first color parameter; a diffuser cooperatively enclosing the first and second sets of light emitting elements with the substrate; a communication module including an antenna; and a processor operatively connected to the communication module, the first set of light emitting elements, and the second set of light emitting elements, the processor configured to independently control relative intensities of the first and second set of light emitting elements to cooperatively emit light having a target color parameter value, wherein the target color parameter value is received from the communication module.

Abstract: A lighting system, including: light emitting elements; a reset switch operable in a first and second state; non-volatile reset memory configured to record the state of the reset switch when power is provided to the system; a wireless communication system; non-volatile communication memory configured to store default settings and configuration settings; a control system operable, in response to initial power provision to the control system, between: a configured mode when an instantaneous reset switch state matches the recorded state, the configured mode including: connecting the wireless communication system to a remote device based on the configuration settings, receiving instructions from the remote device, and controlling light emitting element operation based on the instructions; and a reset mode when the instantaneous reset switch state differs from the recorded state, the reset mode including: erasing the configuration settings from the communication memory and operating the system based on the default

Abstract: A lighting system, including: light emitting elements; a reset switch operable in a first and second state; non-volatile reset memory configured to record the state of the reset switch when power is provided to the system; a wireless communication system; non-volatile communication memory configured to store default settings and configuration settings; a control system operable, in response to initial power provision to the control system, between: a configured mode when an instantaneous reset switch state matches the recorded state, the configured mode including: connecting the wireless communication system to a remote device based on the configuration settings, receiving instructions from the remote device, and controlling light emitting element operation based on the instructions; and a reset mode when the instantaneous reset switch state differs from the recorded state, the reset mode including: erasing the configuration settings from the communication memory and operating the system based on the default