	US 12,435,986 B2
	Determining pickup and drop off locations for large venue points of interests
Kevin Malta, San Francisco, CA (US); Bruce Mai, Sacramento, CA (US); Reed Morse, Millbrae, CA (US); Victor Chan, Mountain View, CA (US); Celia Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jonathan Willing, Mountain View, CA (US); Shiqian Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Donghyun Kim, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,541.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/330,080, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0324192 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01)

CPC G01C 21/3484 (2013.01)

21 Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors of one or more server computing devices, a large venue point of interest from a plurality of points of interest defined in map information based on a size of a polygon associated with the large venue point of interest in the map information;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of pick up or drop off locations based on a distance between historical pick up or drop off locations and a side of the polygon;

receiving, from a client computing device, a request for a trip identifying the large venue point of interest;

providing, by the one or more processors, the identified plurality of pick up or drop off locations to the client computing device in response to the request; and

dispatching, by the one or more processors, an autonomous vehicle in order to complete the trip.