Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Evaluating and presenting pick-up and drop-off locations in a situational-awareness view of an autonomous vehicle
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Application No.: US15812749Application Date: 2017-11-14
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Publication No.: US10769452B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Robert Earl Rasmusson, Jr. , Taggart Matthiesen , Craig Dehner , Linda Dong , Frank Taehyun Yoo , Karina van Schaardenburg , John Tighe , Matt Vitelli , Jisi Guo , Eli Guerron
- Applicant: Lyft, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G01C22/00
- IPC: G01C22/00 ; G06K9/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G05D1/00 ; G06T7/20 ; G06K9/62 ; G01C21/36 ; B62D15/02

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, based on map data, an area for pick-up or drop-off of a user by an autonomous vehicle. The method also includes determining, based on autonomous-vehicle sensor data that represents an external environment of the autonomous vehicle, one or more potential pick-up or drop-off locations within the area. The method also includes calculating, based at least in part on the autonomous-vehicle sensor data and historical data a viability score for each of the potential pick-up or drop-off locations. The historical data includes past pick-up or drop-off locations for one or more past users. The method also includes providing for display a visual representation of at least a portion of the area for pick-up or drop-off that indicates at least one of the one or more potential pick-up or drop-off locations.
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