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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Naoki Kojo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Siddharth Kumar Thakur, Milpitas, CA (US);
Nicolas Meuleau, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daisuke Saito, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nikhil Lele, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for autonomous vehicle routing and navigation using passenger docking locations are disclosed. Autonomous vehicle routing and navigation using passenger docking locations may include an autonomous vehicle identifying map information representing a vehicle transportation network, the vehicle transportation network including a primary destination and a docking location, wherein identifying the map information includes identifying the map information such that the map information includes docking location information representing the docking location. The autonomous vehicle may identify the docking location as a target docking location for the primary destination based on the map information, generate, based on the map information, route information representing a route for the autonomous vehicle to traverse the vehicle transportation network from an origin in the vehicle transportation network to the target docking location, and traverse the vehicle transportation network from the origin to the target docking location in accordance with the route information.