Patent ID: 11859995
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 16:
17. A method comprising:
obtaining at least one image of an environment of a first vehicle dispatched by a fleet management system to a designated pickup location in response to a service request from a user, wherein the obtaining is performed using at least one onboard sensor of the first vehicle under control of an onboard computer of the first vehicle, wherein the environment of the first vehicle comprises the designated pickup location;
transmitting the at least one image from the onboard computer to the fleet management system;
determining without human intervention that the designated pickup location is unsafe based at least in part on the at least one image;
notifying the user that the designated pickup location is unsafe;
displaying the at least one image to the user on a user interface (UI) of a user device; and
identifying a safer alternative pickup location in an area proximate the designated pickup location, the identifying comprising:
causing the first vehicle to traverse the area proximate the designated pickup;
obtaining images of the area proximate the designated pickup location using the at least one onboard sensor of the first vehicle;
obtaining additional images of the area proximate the designated pickup location using an onboard sensor controlled by an onboard controller of at least one second vehicle traversing the area proximate the designated pickup location and connected to the fleet management system;
wherein the identifying the safer alternative pickup location is accomplished at least in part based on an analysis of the images and the additional images of the area proximate the designated pickup location.