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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Malta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Craig Lewin Robinson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Julien Charles Mercay, Redwood City, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The technology provides enhanced localization approaches using vehicle-obtained information in place of or to enhance global positioning information to localize a user's position. Such information can be shared with the user's client device in real-time prior to pickup or meeting at a selected location. This can supplement or replace inaccurate localization information available at the client device, and can be done as needed when the user is within a threshold range of one or more autonomous vehicles. A client device of a user can compute its position using the vehicle positioning information. The vehicle positioning approach may be performed when the user is within a certain range of one or more vehicles. Vehicle localization information may also be used to correct the client device's localization information. Here, using hyper-accurate vehicle positioning, one or more vehicles can compute pseudorange errors for each 'visible' satellite in a global positioning service.