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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Shenglong Gao, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brent Goldman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Konrad Julian Niemiec, Mountain View, CA (US);
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices to facilitate pick-up/drop-off zone (PDZ) handoffs between autonomous vehicles. Consistent with some embodiments, a pick-up/drop-off zone (PDZ) is located based on detecting a first autonomous vehicle stopped at a stopping location. A system determines, based on one or more criteria, whether to request the first autonomous vehicle to remain stopped at the stopping location to create an opportunity for a second autonomous vehicle to claim the PDZ. An amount of time for the first autonomous vehicle to remain stopped at the stopping location is determined based on the one or more criteria. A request to remain stopped at the stopping location is transmitted to a vehicle autonomy system of the first autonomous vehicle based on satisfaction of the one or more criteria. The request specifies the amount of time for the first autonomous vehicle to remain at the stopping location.