US 11,898,864 B1
Autonomous vehicle consumption of real-time public transportation data to guide curb access and usage
Saranya Konala, San Francisco, CA (US); Lucio Otavio Marchioro Rech, San Mateo, CA (US); Ryan Zelen, San Francisco, CA (US); Hooman Barekatain, San Francisco, CA (US); Kyle Liang, San Francisco, CA (US); and Abhishek Jain, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/539,134.
Application 17/539,134 is a division of application No. 16/371,004, filed on Mar. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,493,353.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3476 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); G08G 1/146 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0212 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A method of dispatching an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
receiving an input requesting an autonomous vehicle ride from a requested pickup location;
identifying expected occupancy times of a reserved zone within proximity of the requested pickup location for autonomous vehicles in a fleet of autonomous vehicles, the expected occupancy times being identified based on current locations of the autonomous vehicles and planned routes to the reserved zone from the current locations of the autonomous vehicles;
retrieving public transportation data specifying an expected arrival time of a public transportation vehicle at the reserved zone from an external computing system, the expected arrival time of the public transportation vehicle at the reserved zone is based on a real-time position of the public transportation vehicle;
evaluating availability of the reserved zone during the expected occupancy times of the reserved zone for the autonomous vehicles based on the expected arrival time of the public transportation vehicle at the reserved zone;
selecting the autonomous vehicle from the fleet of autonomous vehicles for the autonomous vehicle ride, the autonomous vehicle being selected based on the availability of the reserved zone during the expected occupancy times of the reserved zone for the autonomous vehicles such that the autonomous vehicle is expected to travel along a planned route to the reserved zone from a current location of the autonomous vehicle and arrive at the reserved zone while the reserved zone is available; and
transmitting a trip request for the autonomous vehicle ride to the autonomous vehicle, the trip request causes the autonomous vehicle to travel along the planned route to the reserved zone from the current location of the autonomous vehicle, arrive at the reserved zone while the reserved zone is available, and stop in the reserved zone for pickup for the autonomous vehicle ride.