Patent ID: 11893527
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A system, comprising:
a processor;
a database configured to store records of trips;
a memory storing a module configured to cause the processor to:
receive a request for an expedited delivery of a property item,
determine a first waypoint based on a location of the property item and a second waypoint based on a pickup location, wherein a determination of the first waypoint uses:
in response to a receipt of the request, a first radial threshold to define an area from which to identify a potential participant for a return of the property item, and
in response to an absence of the receipt of the request, a second radial threshold to define the area from which to identify the potential participant for the return of the property item,
the first radial threshold being greater than the second radial threshold, the second radial threshold being used for a determination of the first waypoint in the absence of the receipt of the request, and

construct, in response to the receipt of the request, a route, between the first waypoint and the second waypoint, wherein the route includes a trip, selected from the records of trips, in which a sum associated with the trip is less than the sum associated with any other trip from the record of trips, the sum being a distance between a trip beginning location and the first waypoint added to a distance between a trip ending location and the second waypoint, the route having at least one segment, a segment, of the at least one segment, to be traversed by an autonomous vehicle, a distance of the route being less than a distance of a route constructed in the absence of the receipt of the request; and

a communication system configured to communicate, to the autonomous vehicle, an instruction to cause the autonomous vehicle to move along the segment.