US 11,809,197 B2
Autonomous vehicle hailing and pickup location refinement through use of an identifier
David Kaufman, San Francisco, CA (US); and Keyur Patel, Livermore, CA (US)
Assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,432.
Application 17/555,432 is a continuation of application No. 16/368,780, filed on Mar. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,269,353.
Prior Publication US 2022/0113739 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01)
CPC G05D 1/0276 (2013.01) [B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); B60W 60/00256 (2020.02); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
a sensor;
a processor; and
memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
receiving a sensor signal from the sensor;
determining, based on the sensor signal, that a visual passenger identifier is being presented by a person in a field of view of the sensor requesting a ride in the autonomous vehicle;
causing the autonomous vehicle to decrease a velocity responsive to determining that the visual passenger identifier is being presented, the velocity being decreased to enable detection of the visual passenger identifier;
determining identifying information based on the visual passenger identifier; and
responsive to determining the identifying information, causing the autonomous vehicle to navigate towards a location of the visual passenger identifier to pick up the person.