US 12,264,933 B2
Evaluating and presenting pick-up and drop-off locations in a situational awareness view of an autonomous vehicle
Robert Earl Rasmusson, San Francisco, CA (US); Taggart Matthiesen, Kentfield, CA (US); Craig Dehner, San Francisco, CA (US); Linda Dong, San Francisco, CA (US); Frank Taehyun Yoo, San Carlos, CA (US); Karina van Schaardenburg, San Francisco, CA (US); John Tighe, San Francisco, CA (US); Matt Vitelli, San Francisco, CA (US); Jisi Guo, San Francisco, CA (US); and Eli Guerron, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,505.
Application 18/474,505 is a continuation of application No. 17/012,648, filed on Sep. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,788,855.
Application 17/012,648 is a continuation of application No. 15/812,749, filed on Nov. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,769,452, issued on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/422,025, filed on Nov. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077327 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 22/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC G01C 21/3638 (2013.01) [B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01); G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30256 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising, by a computing system:
receiving a transportation request that specifies an area to pick up or drop off a user;
determining a plurality of available locations for a vehicle to pick up or drop off the user in the area based on sensor data that is captured by the vehicle and is associated with physical characteristics of the area:
calculating a viability value for each of the plurality of available locations, wherein the viability value is calculated based on the physical characteristics of the area as determined from the sensor data:
ranking the plurality of available locations according to the viability values of the plurality of available locations, wherein an available location with a higher viability value is ranked above an available location with a lower viability value;
providing for display, on a computing device associated with the user, one or more visual representations that indicate one or more selectable locations of the plurality of available locations based on the ranking;
receiving, by the computing device associated with the user, a selection by the user that indicates a selected location from the one or more selectable locations; and
providing for display, on the computing device associated with the user, a navigation route to the selected location from the one or more selectable locations.