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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2023
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Casey Evan Kurtyka, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colin Lee Madere, San Mateo, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for notifying candidate passengers of potential hazards are discussed herein. A vehicle may navigate to a location within an environment to pick up a passenger for transportation. Upon arriving at the pickup location, the vehicle may determine whether the passenger is located at the pickup location. Based on the passenger not being located at the pickup location, the vehicle may capture sensor data from one or more sensor devices on the vehicle. The vehicle may analyze the sensor data to identify potential hazard(s) proximate the pickup location. Based on identifying potential hazard(s), the vehicle may determine a recommended path for the passenger to follow from their current location to the vehicle. The vehicle may transmit a message that includes the potential hazard(s) and/or the recommended path to a user device of the passenger.