OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000664

Autonomous vehicle socialization

Published: 2026-09-15T19:03:13.525717Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000664
Categories: Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision > Industrial Control

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ABSTRACT

Systems and methods for providing opportunities for interactions and
communication between vehicles and passengers. In particular, a vehicle
socialization platform is provided for facilitating a wide range of social and
utilitarian exchanges between vehicles and their occupants, thus providing a
community of interconnected vehicles. Vehicle interactions can include passive
communication, including vehicles from a particular fleet acknowledging other
fleet vehicles without intervention from a passenger or user. Vehicle
interactions can include active communication, in which passengers are engaged
with and have some control over vehicle communications through dedicated
experiences provided in a ridehail application or on an in-vehicle tablet. In
particular, some experiences can become dynamically available based on the
fleet vehicle's proximity to another fleet vehicle. The vehicle
socialization platform is a smart socialization platform that enables two-way
communication between vehicles and passengers, facilitating a wide range of
social and utilitarian exchanges between vehicles and vehicle occupants.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000664
Published 2026-09-15T19:03:13.525717Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000664