Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Passenger walking points in pick-up/drop-off zones
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Application No.: US16947027Application Date: 2020-07-15
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Publication No.: US11244571B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Shenglong Gao , Konrad Julian Niemiec , Jay A. Chen , Mark Yen
- Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; G06Q50/30 ; H04W4/40 ; G06Q10/02 ; H04W4/024 ; G08G1/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for finding an available pickup/drop-off zone (PDZ) for an autonomous vehicle (AV) to use to pick up a passenger. A PDZ is selected that is likely to be available and that is within a reasonable walking distance of a passenger. The AV and the passenger are guided to the available PDZ. In selecting the available PDZ, the system balances the human and vehicle routing by taking into account the distance possible PDZs are from the passenger, the likelihood the respective PDZs will be available, the passenger's desire/ability to walk to the respective PDZs (e.g., due to physical limitations, weather, etc.), the driving time of the AV to the respective PDZs, the walking time of the passenger to the respective PDZs, and the like.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210035450A1 PASSENGER WALKING POINTS IN PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ZONES Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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