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

Claim 11:
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
determining that the suggested dropoff location satisfies a set of pre-update checks for limiting a number of dropoff location updates while the autonomous vehicle navigates towards the initial dropoff location, wherein the set of pre-update checks for limiting the number of dropoff location updates while the autonomous vehicle navigates towards the initial dropoff location comprises one or more of:
determining that the suggested dropoff location provides a threshold level of improvement over the initial dropoff location, wherein the threshold level of improvement corresponds to one or more of an estimated time to arrival associated with the suggested dropoff location and a walking score associated with the dropoff pickup location;
determining that updating the initial pickup location corresponds to a number of pickup location and dropoff location updates that is less than a threshold number of pickup location and dropoff location updates;
determining that updating the initial dropoff location corresponds to a rate of dropoff location updates that is less than a threshold rate of dropoff location updates;
determining that a threshold time has passed since selecting the suggested dropoff location; and
determining that the suggested dropoff location is within a threshold radius of the initial dropoff location.