US 12,233,878 B2
Enhanced rider pairing for autonomous vehicles
Shenglong Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Israel Marc Kositsky, Cranberry Township, PA (US); Ramadev Burigsay Hukkeri, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Thomas Mark Petroff, Gibsonia, PA (US); Scott Plant, San Jose, CA (US); Brett Browning, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Shubhashree Venkatesh, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC, Reston, VA (US)
Filed by Argo AI, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/344,852.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,598, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297698 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC B60W 40/08 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0021 (2020.02); B60W 60/0023 (2020.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02); B60W 2540/045 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
pairing a first user profile of a first user located at a first location with a first autonomous vehicle (AV) to complete a trip to a destination selected by the first user;
detecting a second AV at the first location, wherein the second AV is associated with a second user profile of a second user;
connecting the second AV with the first user based on biometric information received from the first user;
selecting a profile status of the first user profile based on the connection to the second AV and an indication that at least one of a vehicle charge level or vehicle gas level of the second AV enables the second AV to complete the trip to the destination; and
pairing the first user profile with the second AV based on the profile status indicating that an estimated time for the first AV to arrive at the first location satisfies a temporal threshold for arrival.