US 12,422,266 B2
Augmented reality wayfinding
Bruce Mai, Sacramento, CA (US); Maria Moon, Mountain View, CA (US); Jonathan Willing, Mountain View, CA (US); Peter Crandall, San Jose, CA (US); Steven Kleiser, Mountain View, CA (US); and Kevin Malta, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,896.
Prior Publication US 2025/0244136 A1, Jul. 31, 2025
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G01C 21/3635 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3676 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
generating, by one or more processors for presentation in a region of a user interface of a client device, map information associated with a trip by a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode;
generating, by the one or more processors, an augmented reality live view indicator for presentation in the region of the user interface;
in response to selection of the augmented reality live view indicator, the one or more processors either: (i) modifying the region into a first section to display at least a portion of the map information and a second section to display an augmented reality view, the augmented reality view presenting imagery of a pickup location for a rider overlaid with at least one augmented reality element to guide the rider to the pickup location or (ii) replacing the map information with the augmented reality view, the augmented reality view presenting the imagery of the pickup location overlaid with the at least one augmented reality element to guide the rider to the pickup location;
updating, by the one or more processors, the at least one augmented reality element as the rider approaches the pickup location; and
upon dynamic adjustment to the pickup location by the vehicle based on imagery obtained in real time by the client device, modifying the augmented reality view in the user interface to indicate an adjusted pickup location.