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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Douglas Cullinane, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Tse-Zhou Lu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Anne Kristiina Aula, Moutain View, CA (US);
Jennifer Arden, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathaniel Fairfield, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Seth Herbach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Calvin Karl Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Renaud-Roland Hubert, Gilroy, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle having one or more computing devices that may receive instructions to pick up a passenger at a pickup location and determine when the vehicle is within a first distance of the pickup location. When the vehicle is within the first distance, the computing devices may make a first attempt to find a spot to park the vehicle and wait for the passenger. When the vehicle is unable to find a spot to park the vehicle on the first attempt, the computing devices may maneuvering the vehicle in order to make a second attempt to find a spot to park the vehicle and wait for the passenger. When the vehicle is unable to find a spot to park the vehicle on the second attempt, the computing devices may stop the vehicle in a current lane to wait for the passenger.