公开(公告)号：US20210092572A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17073433

申请日：2020-10-19

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: H04W4/40 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B60W30/18 ,  G06Q10/04

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 (172) of the vehicle identifying objects in an environment of the vehicle. When the vehicle is within a predetermined distance (represented by distance bar 772) from the pickup location (represented by marker 770), authenticating a client device (420, 430) using the client device information is attempted. When the client device has been authenticated, the sensor data is used to determine whether a pedestrian (750, 752) is within a first threshold distance (D1) of the vehicle. When a pedestrian (650, 652, 654, 656) 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.

公开(公告)号：US20210041870A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

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

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：US20200326194A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-15

申请号：US16379934

申请日：2019-04-10

Applicant: Waymo LLC.

Inventor： Ben Qingzhou Wang ,  Salil Pandit ,  Clement Wright ,  Nirmal Patel ,  Saksiri Tanphaichitr ,  Mishika Vora

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200290509A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16874928

申请日：2020-05-15

Applicant: WAYMO LLC

Inventor： Salil Pandit ,  Julien Mercay ,  Clement Wright

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

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：US10696222B1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US16351124

申请日：2019-03-12

Applicant: WAYMO LLC

Inventor： Salil Pandit ,  Julien Mercay ,  Clement Wright

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

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：US20190064814A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

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

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G08G1/00 ,  G06Q10/02 ,  G06Q50/30

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  G05D2201/0212 ,  G06Q10/025 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G08G1/202

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.