US 12,235,124 B2
Reachability user experience interfaces for autonomous vehicles
Salil Pandit, Palo Alto, CA (US); Nirmal Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Guilherme Villar, San Francisco, CA (US); and Matthew Corey Hall, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/228,720.
Application 18/228,720 is a continuation of application No. 17/102,697, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,761,784.
Prior Publication US 2023/0375362 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3682 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3694 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by one or more processors, a point of interest for a trip to which a vehicle will navigate in an autonomous driving mode;
receiving, by the one or more processors, inputs from one or more systems of the vehicle;
in response to receiving the inputs, generating, by the one or more processors, one or more real-time messages including a set of contextualized details regarding at least one of a condition or a situation relevant to the trip;
determining, by the one or more processors based on the set of contextualized details, a level of uncertainty indicating a likelihood as to where at least one of a pickup location or a drop off location will be for the point of interest, wherein the level of uncertainty is based on one or more factors associated with the point of interest at a point in time as indicated by the set of contextualized details; and
causing, by the one or more processors, at least a portion of the set of contextualized details and visualization information to be displayed on a map on a user interface, the visualization information indicating a real-time graphical representation of the level of uncertainty using at least one of shading, highlighting, color, or a gradient.