公开(公告)号：US11738774B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17676873

申请日：2022-02-22

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Son-Ca Nguyen ,  Salil Pandit ,  Noah Eisen ,  Renaud-Roland Hubert ,  Lauren Tindal ,  Jessica Gong ,  Lorena Zalles

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G01C21/34 ,  B60W40/08 ,  B60W10/30 ,  B60R25/10 ,  B60R25/102 ,  B60R25/01 ,  G01S19/42

CPC classification number: B60W60/0025 ,  B60R25/01 ,  B60R25/10 ,  B60R25/102 ,  B60W10/30 ,  B60W40/08 ,  G01C21/3407 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  B60R2025/1013 ,  B60W2510/1005 ,  G01S19/42

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to enabling roadside assistance to a vehicle that requires assistance having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, a technician may be assigned to the vehicle that requires assistance. A signal corresponding to user input at a remote computing device requesting a change to a state of the vehicle may be received. The signal may be based on details of the assigned technician. Based on the validation, an instruction may be sent to the vehicle to change the state of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11727523B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17528595

申请日：2021-11-17

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 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G1/123 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G08G1/00 ,  G01C21/34 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G08G1/005

CPC classification number: G06Q50/30 ,  G01C21/3617 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06Q10/06315 ,  G06Q10/063114 ,  G08G1/005 ,  G08G1/123 ,  G08G1/202 ,  B60K2370/175 ,  B60W60/00253 ,  G01C21/343

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.

公开(公告)号：US11714412B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17101279

申请日：2020-11-23

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Cristi Landy ,  Julien Mercay ,  Saksiri Tanphaichitr ,  Laurens Andreas Feenstra ,  Salil Pandit

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G08G1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0291 ,  G08G1/20 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US11712995B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17984805

申请日：2022-11-10

Applicant: WAYMO LLC

Inventor： Salil Pandit ,  Julien Mercay ,  Clement Wright

IPC: B60Q5/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G1/00 ,  B60Q1/26

CPC classification number: B60Q5/005 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G08G1/202

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method of facilitating communications from an autonomous vehicle to a user. For instance, a method may include, while attempting to pick up the user and prior to the user entering an vehicle, inputting a current location of the vehicle and map information into a model in order to identify a type of communication action for communicating a location of the vehicle to the user; enabling a first communication based on the type of the communication action; determining whether the user has responded to the first communication from received sensor data; and enabling a second communication based on the determination of whether the user has responded to the communication.

公开(公告)号：US20220309925A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17212458

申请日：2021-03-25

Applicant: WAYMO LLC

Inventor： Lauren Schwendimann ,  Ryan Powell ,  Salil Pandit ,  Nirmal Patel

IPC: G08G1/00 ,  B60W60/00

Abstract: The technology involves pickups of riders by autonomous vehicles in a manner that ensures the rider is picked up within an estimated time of arrival (ETA). For instance, in accordance with customer authorization, the autonomous vehicle may loiter or otherwise stay within a certain proximity (e.g., distance or time) to guarantee rider pickup within a predetermined time. One vehicle may be assigned to a rider for a set timeframe or multiple vehicles may be allocated to a particular event. Either approach may be used to ensure rider pickup with minimal waiting. One benefit is to avoid user-initiated ride requests when the customer is ready to depart a location, because a vehicle will already be present and ready to take the rider to their desired destination. Loitering may include prepositioning a vehicle at a given place, or driving autonomously to be nearby as needed.

公开(公告)号：US20220164720A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US16953862

申请日：2020-11-20

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Ganesh Balachandran ,  Salil Pandit

IPC: G06Q10/02 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06N5/04

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to generating a model to assess maximum numbers of concurrent trips for an autonomous vehicle transportation service. For instance, historical trip data, including when requests for assistance were made, response times for those requests for assistance, and a number of available resources when each of the requests for assistance were made may be received. In addition, a number of concurrent trips, or trips that overlap in time, occurring when each of the requests for assistance were made may be received. The model may be trained using the historical trip data and the numbers of concurrent trips. The model may be configured to provide a maximum number of concurrent trips given a period of time, a number of available resources, and a response time requirement.

公开(公告)号：US20210403048A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US16916551

申请日：2020-06-30

Applicant: Waymo LLC.

Inventor： Son-Ca Nguyen ,  Salil Pandit ,  Noah Eisen ,  Renaud-Roland Hubert ,  Lauren Tindal ,  Jessica Gong ,  Lorena Zalles

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G01C21/34 ,  B60W40/08 ,  B60W10/30 ,  B60R25/01 ,  B60R25/10 ,  B60R25/102

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to enabling roadside assistance to a vehicle that requires assistance having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, a technician may be assigned to the vehicle that requires assistance. A signal corresponding to user input at a remote computing device requesting a change to a state of the vehicle may be received. The signal may be based on details of the assigned technician. Based on the validation, an instruction may be sent to the vehicle to change the state of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11048256B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16536560

申请日：2019-08-09

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： John Wesley Dyer ,  Michael Epstein ,  Konstantin Pervyshev ,  Jonathan Lee Pedersen ,  Salil Pandit

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G08G1/16 ,  B60W60/00 ,  B60W30/06 ,  B62D6/00 ,  B62D15/02

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to parking behaviors and maneuvering a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode accordingly. For instance, a pullover location for the vehicle to stop and wait for a passenger may be identified. The vehicle may be maneuvered in the autonomous driving mode in order to pull over by pulling forward into the pullover location. Whether to maneuver the vehicle in reverse in the pullover location before or after the passenger enters the vehicle may be determined based on context for the pull over with respect to the passenger. The vehicle may be maneuvered in the autonomous driving mode in reverse based on the determination of whether to maneuver the vehicle in reverse in the pullover location before or after the passenger enters the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20210141376A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17101279

申请日：2020-11-23

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Cristi Landy ,  Julien Mercay ,  Saksiri Tanphaichitr ,  Laurens Andreas Feenstra ,  Salil Pandit

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G08G1/00 ,  G05D1/02

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.

公开(公告)号：US10440536B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-08

申请号：US15854211

申请日：2017-12-26

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Philip Nemec ,  Renaud-Roland Hubert ,  Joshua Seth Herbach ,  Min Li Chan ,  Michael Epstein ,  Salil Pandit ,  John Wesley Dyer ,  Juliet Rothenberg

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  H04W4/40 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B60W30/18 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: The technology relates to actively looking for an assigned passenger prior to a vehicle 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 of 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.