公开(公告)号：US20250012582A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18887589

申请日：2024-09-17

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Salil Pandit ,  Daniella Gutlansky ,  Eamonn Doherty ,  Eric Friedman ,  Jonathan Pedersen ,  Andrew Chan ,  Gaurav Agarwal ,  Bruce Mai

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  B60W30/095 ,  B60W60/00

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to evaluating quality of a predetermined pullover location for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a plurality of inputs for the predetermined pullover location may be received. The plurality of inputs may each include a value representative of a characteristic of the predetermined pullover location. The plurality of inputs may be combined to determine a pullover quality value for the predetermined pullover location. The pullover quality value may be provided to a vehicle in order to enable the vehicle to select a pullover location for the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US12130147B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17410068

申请日：2021-08-24

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Salil Pandit ,  Daniella Gutlansky ,  Eamonn Doherty ,  Eric Friedman ,  Jonathan Pedersen ,  Andrew Chan ,  Gaurav Agarwal ,  Bruce Mai

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  B60W30/095 ,  B60W60/00

CPC classification number: G01C21/3461 ,  B60W30/095 ,  B60W60/0015 ,  B60W60/00253 ,  G01C21/3438 ,  B60W2552/45 ,  B60W2554/404 ,  B60W2554/80

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to evaluating quality of a predetermined pullover location for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a plurality of inputs for the predetermined pullover location may be received. The plurality of inputs may each include a value representative of a characteristic of the predetermined pullover location. The plurality of inputs may be combined to determine a pullover quality value for the predetermined pullover location. The pullover quality value may be provided to a vehicle in order to enable the vehicle to select a pullover location for the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20240109562A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US17956937

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: WAYMO LLC

Inventor： Cameron Blume ,  Gaurav Agarwal

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  G01C21/34

CPC classification number: B60W60/00253 ,  G01C21/3438 ,  B60W2552/05 ,  B60W2554/20 ,  B60W2556/40

Abstract: Aspects of the technology provide a method including receiving a request for a user to be picked up or dropped off by an autonomous vehicle, in which the request identifying a location, and determining a land parcel containing the identified location. The method also includes identifying a set of features that are within a selected distance from the identified location, filtering the set of identified features to obtain only curated features that are within the selected distance from the identified location, determining a distance between each curated feature and the identified location, and inferring an access point for the identified location based on the distances determined between each curated feature and the identified location. The inferred access point can then be provided to enable the autonomous vehicle to perform a pickup or drop-off.

公开(公告)号：US11885626B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US17134491

申请日：2020-12-27

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Eric Friedman ,  Saksiri Tanphaichitr ,  Donghyun Kim ,  Ben Wang ,  Cameron Blume ,  Mishika Vora ,  Gaurav Agarwal

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G06V20/56

CPC classification number: G01C21/3438 ,  B60W60/001 ,  G01C21/3605 ,  G01C21/3804 ,  G06V20/56

Abstract: An example method includes setting an initial pickup location. The method includes causing an autonomous vehicle to navigate towards the initial pickup location. The method includes periodically generating a plurality of candidate updated pickup locations. The method includes selecting a suggested pickup location from the plurality of candidate pickup locations that achieves a benchmark for reducing one or more of a time and a distance associated with the initial pickup location for one or more of the autonomous vehicle and the client device. The method includes determining that the suggested pickup location satisfies a set of pre-update checks for limiting a number of pickup location updates. The method includes responsive to (i) selecting the suggested pickup location, and (ii) determining that the suggested pickup location satisfies the set of pre-update checks, causing the autonomous vehicle to navigate to the suggested pickup location.

公开(公告)号：US20220099450A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17410068

申请日：2021-08-24

Applicant: Waymo, LLC

Inventor： Salil Pandit ,  Daniella Gutlansky ,  Eamonn Doherty ,  Eric Friedman ,  Jonathan Pedersen ,  Andrew Chan ,  Gaurav Agarwal ,  Bruce Mai

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  B60W60/00 ,  B60W30/095

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to evaluating quality of a predetermined pullover location for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a plurality of inputs for the predetermined pullover location may be received. The plurality of inputs may each include a value representative of a characteristic of the predetermined pullover location. The plurality of inputs may be combined to determine a pullover quality value for the predetermined pullover location. The pullover quality value may be provided to a vehicle in order to enable the vehicle to select a pullover location for the vehicle.