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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2023
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Sheu, San Jose, CA (US);
Qiurui He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aishwarya Parasuram, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Selina Pan, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Lee, San Carlos, CA (US);
Qichi Yang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kishore Kollipara, Pacifica, CA (US);
Nayun Xu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Maya Kabkab, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining a passenger pick-up/drop-off (PUDO) state of a mass transit vehicle by an autonomous vehicle (AV) are disclosed. A system includes a memory one or more processing devices, coupled to the memory, configured to perform operations that include identifying a mass transit vehicle in an environment of an AV, responsive to determining the mass transit vehicle is in a PUDO state, providing movement instructions to a planning system of the AV, and autonomously modifying operation of the AV based on the movement instructions.