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

Claim 19:
20. A method performed by a mobile computing device, comprising:
capturing an image utilizing a camera of the mobile computing device while a user of the mobile computing device is riding in an autonomous vehicle during a trip in the autonomous vehicle, the mobile computing device being geographically located at a device position when the image is captured, wherein a point of interest in an environment nearby the mobile computing device is within a field of view of the camera such that the image captured by the camera comprises a representation of the point of interest, and wherein the point of interest is a distance from the device position; and
causing data indicative of the point of interest to be transmitted to the autonomous vehicle by way of a network, wherein the data indicative of the point of interest causes the autonomous vehicle to travel to and stop at a vehicle stopping location adjacent to 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 of the mobile computing device.