US 12,071,163 B2
Roadside assistance for autonomous vehicles
Son-Ca Nguyen, Mountain View, CA (US); Salil Pandit, Palo Alto, CA (US); Noah Eisen, San Francisco, CA (US); Renaud-Roland Hubert, Gilroy, CA (US); Lauren Tindal, San Francisco, CA (US); Jessica Gong, San Jose, CA (US); and Lorena Zalles, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,239.
Application 18/219,239 is a continuation of application No. 17/676,873, filed on Feb. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,738,774.
Application 17/676,873 is a continuation of application No. 16/916,551, filed on Jun. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,285,968, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347937 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC B60W 60/0025 (2020.02) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); B60R 2025/1013 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A client computing device used by a technician to provide roadside assistance to a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode, the client computing device comprising: a display device configured to present an option that enables the technician to remotely control the vehicle in order to resolve an issue that caused the vehicle to require the roadside assistance; and one or more processors coupled with the display device, the one or more processors configured to: receive user input corresponding to selection of the option by the technician; and send a signal corresponding to the user input to one or more server computing devices to cause the vehicle to enter a state which enables the technician to remotely disengage the autonomous driving mode or switch the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode.