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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stephanie Olivia Engle, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bradley David Ryan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Cade Thurlby, Oakland, CA (US);

Mariya Jacobo, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

An autonomous vehicle receives geographic location data defined via a mobile computing device operated by a user. The geographic location data is indicative of a device position of the mobile computing device. The autonomous vehicle also receives image data generated by the mobile computing device. The image data is indicative of a surrounding position nearby the device position. The surrounding position is selected from an image captured by a camera of the mobile computing device. A requested vehicle position (e.g., a pick-up or drop-off location) is set for a trip of the user in the autonomous vehicle based on the geographic location data and the image data. A route from a current vehicle position of the autonomous vehicle to the requested vehicle position for the trip of the user in the autonomous vehicle is generated. Moreover, the autonomous vehicle can follow the route to the requested vehicle position.


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