US 11,754,412 B1
Automatically requesting vehicles
Anne Kristina Aula, Mountain View, CA (US); Brian Douglas Cullinane, Palo Alto, CA (US); Daniel Jules Switkin, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jennifer Arden, Tiburon, CA (US); and Renaud-Roland Hubert, Gilroy, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/875,459.
Application 16/035,074 is a division of application No. 15/427,449, filed on Feb. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,088,326, issued on Oct. 2, 2018.
Application 15/427,449 is a division of application No. 14/840,515, filed on Aug. 31, 2015, granted, now 9,599,477, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Application 16/875,459 is a continuation of application No. 16/035,074, filed on Jul. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,718,626.
Application 14/840,515 is a continuation of application No. 14/472,900, filed on Aug. 29, 2014, granted, now 9,631,933, issued on Apr. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/002,319, filed on May 23, 2014.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01)
CPC G01C 21/3614 (2013.01) [G01C 21/362 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
selecting, by one or more processors, a pickup location corresponding to a stop for a public transportation vehicle located within a service area of an autonomous vehicle and nearest to a client computing device of a user currently riding the public transportation vehicle;
providing, by the one or more processors to the client computing device, information regarding the selected pickup location;
receiving, by the one or more processors from the client computing device, information confirming the selected pickup location; and
in response to the information confirming the selected pickup location, controlling, by the one or more processors, the autonomous vehicle to pick up the user at the selected pickup location.