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公开(公告)号：US20220214180A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-07
申请号：US17703628
申请日：2022-03-24
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Ben Qingzhou Wang , Salil Pandit , Clement Wright , Nirmal Patel , Saksiri Tanphaichitr , Mishika Vora
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for advanced trip planning for an autonomous vehicle service. For instance, an example method may include determining a potential pickup location for a user, determining a set of potential destination locations for a user, and determining a set of potential trips. For each potential trip a vehicle of a fleet of autonomous vehicles of the service may be assigned and trip information, including an estimated time of arrival for the assigned vehicle of the potential trip to reach the destination location of the potential trip, may be determined. The trip information for each potential trip may be provided for display to the user. Thereafter, confirmation information identifying one of the set of potential trips may be received, and the assigned vehicle for one first of the set of potential trips may be dispatched to pick up the user.
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公开(公告)号：US20220191657A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-16
申请号：US17683510
申请日：2022-03-01
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Philip Nemec , Renaud-Roland Hubert , Joshua Seth Herbach , Min Li Chan , Michael Epstein , Salil Pandit , John Wesley Dyer , Juliet Rothenberg
Abstract: The technology relates to actively looking for an assigned passenger prior to a vehicle 100 reaching a pickup location. For instance, information identifying the pickup location and client device information for authenticating the assigned passenger is received. Sensor data is received from a perception system of the vehicle identifying objects in an environment of the vehicle. When the vehicle is within a predetermined distance from the pickup location, authenticating a client device using the client device information is attempted. When the client device has been authenticated, the sensor data is used to determine whether a pedestrian is within a first threshold distance of the vehicle. When a pedestrian is determined to be within the first threshold distance of the vehicle, the vehicle is stopped prior to reaching the pickup location, to wait for the pedestrian within the first threshold distance of the vehicle to enter the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US11280625B2
公开(公告)日：2022-03-22
申请号：US16125025
申请日：2018-09-07
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Salil Pandit , Nirmal Patel
Abstract: The disclosure relates to using ambient lighting conditions with passenger and goods pickups and drop offs with autonomous vehicles. For instance, a map of ambient lighting conditions for stopping locations may be generated by receiving ambient lighting condition data for predetermined stopping locations and arranging this data into a plurality of buckets based on time and one of the stopping locations. A vehicle may then be controlled in an autonomous driving mode in order to stop for a passenger by both observing ambient lighting conditions for different stopping locations and, in some instances, also using the map.
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公开(公告)号：US11205240B2
公开(公告)日：2021-12-21
申请号：US15358729
申请日：2016-11-22
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Christopher Paul Urmson , Peter Colijn , Dmitri A. Dolgov , Nathaniel Fairfield , Salil Pandit , Nirmal Patel , Ryan Powell , Min Li Chan
IPC: G06Q50/30 , G06Q10/06 , G05D1/00 , G08G1/123 , G01C21/36 , G01C21/34 , B60W60/00 , G08G1/005 , G08G1/00
Abstract: The technology relates to facilitating transportation services between a user and a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, one or more server computing devices having one or more processors may information identifying the current location of the vehicle. The one or more server computing devices may determine that the user is likely to want to take a trip to a particular destination based on prior location history for the user. The one or more server computing devices may dispatch the vehicle to cause the vehicle to travel in the autonomous driving mode towards a location of the user. In addition, after dispatching, the one or more server computing devices sending a notification to a client computing device associated with the user indicating that the vehicle is currently available to take the passenger to the particular destination.
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公开(公告)号：US10401858B2
公开(公告)日：2019-09-03
申请号：US15689283
申请日：2017-08-29
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Salil Pandit , Nirmal Patel , Tacettin Dogacan Guney , Kevin Rawlings , Laurens Andreas Feenstra
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to arranging a pick up and drop off locations between a driverless vehicle and a passenger. As an example, a method of doing so may include receiving a request for a vehicle from a client computing device, wherein the request identifies a first location. Pre-stored map information and the first location are used to identify a recommended point according to a set of heuristics. Each heuristic of the set of heuristics has a ranking such that the recommended point corresponds to a location that satisfies at least one of the heuristics having a first rank and such that no other location satisfies any other heuristic of the set of heuristics having a higher rank than the first rank. The pre-stored map information identifying a plurality of pre-determined locations for the vehicle to stop, and the recommended point is one of the plurality of pre-determined locations. The recommended point is then provided the client computing device for display on a display of the client computing device with a map.
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Patent Agency Ranking
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.
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27.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240351613A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-24
申请号：US18761529
申请日：2024-07-02
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Salil Pandit , Robert Chen , Bruce Mai
CPC classification number: B60W60/0025 , G01C21/3453 , G01C21/3691 , G08G1/133 , B60W2555/20
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing transportation services with autonomous vehicles. For instance, a first route to a first destination may be determined. The first route may have a first cost. Weather information for the first destination may be received. A characteristic is determined based on the weather information. A second destination having the characteristic may be selected. The second destination may be different from the first destination. A second route to the second destination may be determined. The second route may have a second cost. The first cost may be compared to the second cost, and the vehicle may use the comparison to set one of the first destination or the second destination as a current destination for a vehicle to cause the vehicle to control itself in an autonomous driving mode to the current destination.
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公开(公告)号：US20230396970A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-07
申请号：US18207471
申请日：2023-06-08
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Philip Nemec , Renaud-Roland Hubert , Joshua Seth Herbach , Min Li Chan , Michael Epstein , Salil Pandit , John Wesley Dyer , Juliet Rothenberg
CPC classification number: H04W4/40 , G06Q50/30 , G05D1/0088 , B60W30/181 , G06Q10/04 , G06Q10/047 , G05D2201/0212 , H04W12/06
Abstract: The technology relates to actively looking for an assigned passenger prior to a vehicle 100 reaching a pickup location. For instance, information identifying the pickup location and client device information for authenticating the assigned passenger is received. Sensor data is received from a perception system of the vehicle identifying objects in an environment of the vehicle. When the vehicle is within a predetermined distance from the pickup location, authenticating a client device using the client device information is attempted. When the client device has been authenticated, the sensor data is used to determine whether a pedestrian is within a first threshold distance of the vehicle. When a pedestrian is determined to be within the first threshold distance of the vehicle, the vehicle is stopped prior to reaching the pickup location, to wait for the pedestrian within the first threshold distance of the vehicle to enter the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20230393575A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-07
申请号：US18209600
申请日：2023-06-14
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Cristi Landy , Julien Mercay , Saksiri Tanphaichitr , Laurens Andreas Feenstra , Salil Pandit
CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 , G08G1/20 , G05D1/0291 , G05D2201/0212 , G05D2201/0213
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method of managing a fleet of autonomous vehicles providing trip services. The method includes receiving information identifying an intermediate destination and a final destination for a trip. In this example, the intermediate destination is a destination where an autonomous vehicle will drop off and wait for a passenger in order to continue the trip, and the final destination is a destination where the trip ends. The method also includes determining an amount of waiting time the vehicle is likely to be waiting for the passenger at the intermediate destination, determining how a vehicle of the fleet of autonomous vehicles should spend the amount of waiting time, and sending an instruction to the vehicle, based on the determination of how the vehicle should spend the amount of waiting time.
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公开(公告)号：US20230375362A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-23
申请号：US18228720
申请日：2023-08-01
Applicant: WAYMO LLC
Inventor： Salil Pandit , Nirmal Patel , Guilherme Villar , Matthew Corey Hall
IPC: G01C21/36
CPC classification number: G01C21/3682 , G01C21/367 , G01C21/3617 , G01C21/3694
Abstract: The technology involves communicating the reachability status associated with an autonomous vehicle to a user such as a rider within the vehicle, a person awaiting pickup, or a customer that scheduled a package deliver. Reachability information about pickup and/or drop off locations is presentable via an app on a user device, which helps set expectations with customers about where the vehicle is most likely to be able to perform a pickup and/or drop off. This may include indicating how much variance there may be based on current congestion, parking or idling regulations, or weather conditions. The reachability information may be presented via one or more visualization tools to indicate the uncertainty and/or likely final location. Presenting such contextual information may be done based on real time information, and the presentation may be updated as needed. Historical information about the location may also be used to lower the level of uncertainty.
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