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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2021
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Nicholas Liotta, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A transportation system controls a fleet of autonomous vehicles to implement passenger transportation and coordinate delivery of baggage or other associated items using separate vehicles. The transportation system receives passenger data and associated item data via a user interface, and determines the number and type of autonomous vehicles to transport the passengers and items from selected pick-up locations to a destination. In various implementations, the transportation system may support different pick-up locations, pick-up times and/or delivery times for the passengers and associated items. The transportation system also may determine delayed item delivery options for different delivery times and modes of transportation. Based on the passenger and item data, along with input received via the user interface, the transportation system determines the vehicles to deploy and the delivery routes, and transmits instructions to the autonomous vehicles to provide the passenger transportation and perform the item delivery.