Patent ID: 11885626
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 18:
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the set of functions further comprises:
determining that the suggested pickup location satisfies a set of pre-update checks for limiting a number of pickup location updates while the autonomous vehicle navigates towards the initial pickup location, wherein the set of pre-update checks for limiting the number of pickup location updates while the autonomous vehicle navigates towards the initial pickup location comprises one or more of:
determining that the suggested pickup location provides a threshold level of improvement over the initial pickup location, wherein the threshold level of improvement corresponds to one or more of an estimated time to arrival associated with the suggested pickup location and a walking score associated with the suggested pickup location;
determining that updating the initial pickup location corresponds to a number of pickup location updates that is less than a threshold number of pickup location updates;
determining that updating the initial pickup location corresponds to a rate of pickup location updates that is less than a threshold rate of pickup location updates;
determining that a threshold time has passed since selecting the suggested pickup location; and
determining that the suggested pickup location is within a threshold radius of the initial pickup location.