| CPC G08G 1/123 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A method, comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, status information regarding driving-related decisions associated with one or more of a planned route, received traffic information, a detected traffic signal or a detected object in an external environment of a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode;
determining, by the one or more processors, a pickup status of a customer, the pickup status indicating whether the customer is awaiting pickup by the vehicle or is currently being driven by the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode;
selecting, by the one or more processors based on the determined pickup status, a communication option from a plurality of communication options for communication with the customer via a personal communication device of the customer;
generating, by the one or more processors in accordance with the selected communication option, a monologue message indicating one of the driving-related decisions, the monologue message being generated based on a threshold time associated with a delay; and
providing the monologue message for presentation to the customer via the personal communication device,
wherein the threshold time associated with the delay is an amount of time associated with sending the monologue message to the personal communication device.
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