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

Claim 8:
9. A method comprising:
obtaining at least one image of an environment of a first autonomous vehicle (AV) 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 upon arrival of the first AV at the designated pickup location using at least one onboard sensor of the first AV under control of an onboard computer of the first AV;
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;
displaying the at least one image on a display of a user device of the user;
notifying the user of the determination that the designed pickup location is unsafe; and
monitoring the designated pickup location, wherein the monitoring further comprises:
obtaining additional images of the designated pickup location using the at least one onboard sensor of the first AV;
obtaining supplemental images of the designated pickup location using an onboard sensor controlled by an onboard controller of at least one second AV operating near the pickup location and connected to the fleet management system, wherein at least one second AV operates independently from the first AV; and
determining based at least in part on the additional images and the supplemental images that the designated pickup location is no longer unsafe.