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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:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2020
Applicant:

GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Willem Gerrese, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeffrey Shaw, San Francisco, CA (US);

Yifei Zhang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeremy Stephen Juel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for adding stops to an autonomous vehicle route. A passenger can request an intermediate stop during which the passenger can exit the autonomous vehicle. An intermediate stop request may include a stop duration. Autonomous vehicle driving behavior during the intermediate stop may include parking, driving around, and performing a different route.


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