US 11,835,348 B2
Advanced trip planning for autonomous vehicle services
Ben Qingzhou Wang, San Jose, CA (US); Salil Pandit, Mountain View, CA (US); Clement Wright, San Francisco, CA (US); Nirmal Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Saksiri Tanphaichitr, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Mishika Vora, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,628.
Application 17/703,628 is a continuation of application No. 16/379,934, filed on Apr. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,313,688.
Prior Publication US 2022/0214180 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01)
CPC G01C 21/3438 (2013.01) [G01C 21/343 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G05D 1/0293 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of advanced trip planning for an autonomous vehicle service, the method comprising:
providing, by one or more processors of one or more server computing devices, trip information to a client computing device for display to a user;
determining, by the one or more processors, a user score for a potential trip, wherein the potential trip starts from a potential pickup location and ends at a potential destination location;
receiving, by the one or more processors from the client computing device, confirmation information identifying the potential trip; and
sending, by the one or more processors, instructions to a vehicle in order to cause the vehicle to maneuver to the potential pickup location, wherein whether the instructions are sent before or after the confirmation information is received depends upon the determined user score.