Patent ID: 11878703
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. A first vehicle capable of operating autonomously, the first vehicle comprising:
one or more sensors configured to detect a status of one or more systems of the first vehicle; and
one or more processors configured to:
receive information from the one or more sensors;
determine, based on the received information, that a local failure at the first vehicle has occurred during a current trip for transporting one or more passengers; and
in response to determining that the local failure at the first vehicle has occurred during the current trip:
determine three areas to facilitate a transfer of the one or more passengers from the first vehicle to a second vehicle, the three areas including: (1) a first area of the three areas for the first vehicle to park, (2) a second area of the three areas for the second vehicle to park and pick up the one or more passengers, and (3) a third area of the three areas adjacent to the first area for the one or more passengers to disembark from the first vehicle that is within a first predetermined distance from a sidewalk or a road shoulder and is within a second predetermined distance from the second area;
determine that the one or more passengers have transferred from the first vehicle parked in the first area to the second vehicle parked in the second area; and
in response to the determination that that the one or more passengers have transferred from the first vehicle to the second vehicle, operate the first vehicle to travel to a fallback location based on the local failure.