US 11,885,628 B2
Route coordination and navigation based on user proximity to points of interest
Yuri Choi, San Francisco, CA (US); and Guangqiang Zhang, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,389.
Application 17/734,389 is a continuation of application No. 15/910,421, filed on Mar. 2, 2018, granted, now 11,378,408.
Prior Publication US 2022/0260377 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC G01C 21/3438 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0212 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
a network communication interface;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:
receive, via the network communication interface, sensor data from computing devices of passengers riding in an autonomous vehicle (AV);
based on the sensor data, determine a position of each of the passengers within the AV;
determine a next passenger to be picked up by the AV;
based at least in part on the position of each of the passengers within the AV, (i) select a pickup location for the next passenger, and (ii) determine a route for the AV based on the pickup location such that an open seat within the AV is adjacent to the next passenger when the AV arrives at the pickup location for the next passenger; and
transmit, via the network communication interface, data corresponding to the route to enable the AV to update a current route in order to facilitate a rendezvous with the passenger at the pickup location, wherein the AV autonomously operates control mechanisms of the AV in order to rendezvous with the next passenger at the pickup location such that the open seat within the AV is adjacent to the next passenger.