Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Specifying unavailable locations for autonomous vehicles
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Application No.: US14840515Application Date: 2015-08-31
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Publication No.: US09599477B1Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Anne Kristiina Aula , Brian Douglas Cullinane , Daniel Jules Switkin , Jennifer Arden , Renaud-Roland Hubert
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00 ; G01C21/26 ; G01C21/36

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering a passenger to a destination autonomously. The vehicle includes one or more computing devices that receive a request for a vehicle from a client computing device. The request identifies a first location. The one or more computing devices also determine whether the first location is within a threshold outside of a service area of the vehicle. When the location is within the threshold distance outside of the service area of the vehicle, the one or more computing devices identify a second location within the service area of the vehicle where the vehicle is able to stop for a passenger and based on the first location. The one or more computing devices then provide a map and a marker identifying the position of the second location on the map for display on the client computing device.
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