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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2017
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Earl Rasmusson, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Taggart Matthiesen, Kentfield, CA (US);
Craig Dehner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Linda Dong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frank Taehyun Yoo, San Carlos, CA (US);
Karina van Schaardenburg, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Tighe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matt Vitelli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jisi Guo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eli Guerron, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, based on map data, an area for pick-up or drop-off of a user by an autonomous vehicle. The method also includes determining, based on autonomous-vehicle sensor data that represents an external environment of the autonomous vehicle, one or more potential pick-up or drop-off locations within the area. The method also includes calculating, based at least in part on the autonomous-vehicle sensor data and historical data a viability score for each of the potential pick-up or drop-off locations. The historical data includes past pick-up or drop-off locations for one or more past users. The method also includes providing for display a visual representation of at least a portion of the area for pick-up or drop-off that indicates at least one of the one or more potential pick-up or drop-off locations.