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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Earl Rasmusson, 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 determining a plurality of available locations for a vehicle to pick up or drop off a user in an area based on sensor data that is captured by the vehicle and is associated with physical characteristics of the area. The method includes calculating a viability value for each of the plurality of available locations. The viability value is calculated based on the physical characteristics of the area as determined from the sensor data. The method includes ranking the plurality of available locations according to the viability values of the plurality of available locations. An available location with a higher viability value is ranked above an available location with a lower viability value. The method includes sending instructions to present, on a computing device, one or more selectable locations of the plurality of available locations based on the ranking.