Patent ID: 11886184
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
a mechanical system; and
a computing system that is in communication with the mechanical system, the computing system comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
receiving data indicative of a point of interest in an image while a user is riding in the autonomous vehicle during a trip in the autonomous vehicle, wherein the point of interest is in an environment nearby the autonomous vehicle within a field of view of a camera such that the image captured by the camera while the user is riding in the autonomous vehicle during the trip comprises a representation of the point of interest, wherein the point of interest is a distance from a device position at which the camera is geographically located when the image is captured; and
controlling the mechanical system to cause the autonomous vehicle to travel to and stop at a vehicle stopping location adjacent to the point of interest based on the data indicative of the point of interest, wherein the user is dropped off at the vehicle stopping location adjacent to the point of interest which is separate from the device position.