Patent ID: 11971716
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A system for of controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode, the system comprising one or more processors configured to:
receive a first location corresponding to a location where the vehicle is to pick up or drop off a passenger;
determine a first cost for the vehicle to reach the first location;
identify a second location based on the first location;
determine a second cost based on a cost for the vehicle to reach the second location and a cost for the passenger to reach the second location, wherein the first cost and the second cost further include cost of routing, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to a next location respectively from the first location and the second location, after the pick up or drop off the passenger;
compare the first cost to the second cost; and
based on the comparison, control the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode to one of the first location or the second location to pick up or drop off the passenger.