US 11,720,101 B1
Systems and methods for vehicles with limited destination ability
Dmitri A. Dolgov, Mountain View, CA (US); Sebastian Thrun, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Luis Ricardo Prada Gomez, Hayward, CA (US); Christopher Paul Urmson, Mountain View, CA (US); Nathaniel Fairfield, Mountain View, CA (US); and Anthony Scott Levandowski, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/233,622.
Application 17/233,622 is a continuation of application No. 16/363,224, filed on Mar. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,010,998.
Application 16/363,224 is a continuation of application No. 13/800,050, filed on Mar. 13, 2013, abandoned.
Application 13/800,050 is a continuation of application No. 13/218,756, filed on Aug. 26, 2011, granted, now 8,688,306, issued on Apr. 1, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/391,271, filed on Oct. 8, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/390,094, filed on Oct. 5, 2010.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 8/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60T 17/18 (2006.01); B60T 8/88 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/231 (2017.01); G06T 7/223 (2017.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); B60W 50/029 (2012.01); B60W 30/186 (2012.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC G05D 1/0088 (2013.01) [B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 8/00 (2013.01); B60T 8/17 (2013.01); B60T 8/885 (2013.01); B60T 17/18 (2013.01); B60T 17/221 (2013.01); B60W 30/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/223 (2017.01); G06T 7/231 (2017.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G07C 9/00563 (2013.01); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); B60T 2210/32 (2013.01); B60T 2270/406 (2013.01); B60W 30/186 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0292 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2552/05 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02); B62D 6/00 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2637 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30236 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01); G06V 10/255 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
causing, by one or more processors, a vehicle to drive to a rider at a pickup location in a fully autonomous mode, in response to a dispatch request;
upon arriving at the pickup location, the one or more processors performing identification of the rider in accordance with profile data;
upon identification, the one or more processors accessing permission data;
determining, by the one or more processors, one or more permissible routes to a destination in accordance with the permission data;
selecting, by the one or more processors, a given one of the permissible routes based on at least one of the profile data or permission data; and
causing, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to drive towards the destination along the selected route in either a fully autonomous or partially autonomous driving mode.