US 12,073,654 B1
Method for identifying a user entering an autonomous vehicle
Fabien Blanc-Paques, Mountain View, CA (US); Gahl Levy, Mountain View, CA (US); Tory Smith, Mountain View, CA (US); Chip J. Alexander, Belmont, CA (US); and Vineet Jain, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Direct Current Capital LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/107,682.
Application 17/107,682 is a continuation of application No. 16/281,078, filed on Feb. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,853,629.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/632,597, filed on Feb. 20, 2018.
Int. Cl. G06V 40/16 (2022.01); B60R 25/25 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01)
CPC G06V 40/172 (2022.01) [B60R 25/25 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); B60W 2040/0809 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing ridesharing, the method comprising:
detecting a human approaching an autonomous vehicle;
determining that the human is within a threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle;
determining whether to prompt the human within the threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle;
capturing biometric information of the human in response to determining whether to prompt the human within the threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle;
determining whether the human is associated with a ride request corresponding to the autonomous vehicle by comparing the biometric information of the human to a set of biometric profiles associated with users; and
providing a status of a second autonomous vehicle assigned to the human in response to a determination that the human is associated a second ride request different from the ride request.