Patent ID: 11878703
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more computing devices, three areas to facilitate a transfer of one or more passengers from a first vehicle to a second vehicle when a local failure at the first vehicle has occurred during a current trip, the three areas including: (1) a first area of the three areas for the first vehicle to park, (2) a second area of the three areas for the second vehicle to park and pick up the one or more passengers, and (3) a third area of the three areas adjacent to the first area for the one or more passengers to disembark from the first vehicle that is within a first predetermined distance from a sidewalk or a road shoulder and is within a second predetermined distance from the second area;
in response to determining the three areas:
transmitting first instructions by the one or more computing devices, to the first vehicle, the first instructions causing the first vehicle to park in the first area;
transmitting, by the one or more computing devices, a request for the second vehicle to park in the second area;
determining, by the one or more computing devices, that the one or more passengers have transferred from the first vehicle parked in the first area to the second vehicle parked in the second area; and
in response to the determining that that the one or more passengers have transferred from the first vehicle to the second vehicle, transmitting second instructions, by the one or more computing devices, to the first vehicle, the second instructions causing the first vehicle to travel to a fallback location based on the local failure.