US 12,339,659 B1
Non-passenger requests for autonomous vehicles
Joshua Seth Herbach, San Francisco, CA (US); Philip Nemec, San Jose, CA (US); and Peter Colijn, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/443,365.
Application 18/443,365 is a continuation of application No. 17/127,586, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,947,353.
Application 17/127,586 is a continuation of application No. 14/721,634, filed on May 26, 2015, granted, now 10,901,415, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/646 (2024.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 101/10 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0088 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06F 9/4818 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G07C 5/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); G05D 1/646 (2024.01); G05D 2101/10 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing a transportation system including an autonomous vehicle comprising one or more server computers including one or more processors configured to:
continuously receive updates regarding statuses of the autonomous vehicle, the continuously received updates including one or more measurements published from one or more instruments of the autonomous vehicle; and
for a non-passenger task requests associated with the autonomous vehicle:
determine, based on the continuously received updates, a priority level of a non-passenger task of the non-passenger task requests relative to any existing tasks in a queue of the autonomous vehicle, the non-passenger task being unrelated to transporting a passenger in the autonomous vehicle; and
determine a destination location based on a location associated with a preceding task in the queue of the autonomous vehicle; and
send a dispatch command to the autonomous vehicle, the dispatch command being based on the priority level and the destination location.