US 11,756,004 B2
Methods and apparatus for autonomous vehicle scheduling
Samer Abbas, Dearborn, MI (US); and Scott Lauffer, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/809,170.
Application 16/809,170 is a continuation of application No. 15/247,039, filed on Aug. 25, 2016, granted, now 10,607,192.
Prior Publication US 2020/0202306 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/005 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0285 (2013.01); G08G 1/005 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
memory;
machine readable instructions; and
processor circuitry to execute the machine readable instructions to:
determine that a calendar request for an autonomous vehicle is associated with a location or a route previously associated with the autonomous vehicle, the route associated with the location, the calendar request to be generated via a user interface application;
generate a predicted request for the autonomous vehicle in response to the determination that the calendar request is associated with the location or the route previously associated with the autonomous vehicle;
cause the user interface application to auto-populate a vehicle request field of the user interface application based on the generation of the predicted request for the autonomous vehicle;
cause the user interface application including the populated vehicle request field to be output for display;
detect confirmation of the predicted request based on a first user input received via the user interface application when the user interface application includes the populated vehicle request field;
in response to the confirmation, cause the user interface application to output a prompt for a user to select a pickup position at the location;
identify the pickup position based on a second user input via the user interface application; and
transmit an instruction to the autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to travel to the pickup position based on a time associated with the predicted request.