Patent SG-11201810381Q-A (SG)
Title: Facilitating rider pick-up for a self-driving vehicle
Inventor: RANDER PETER
IPC: G06Q50/30
Filed: 2017-05-26
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111101111011101111111111101011101101011111H1111111111011111110 Ill 0111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\"\" WO 2017/205822 Al 30 November 2017 (30.11.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, GO6Q 50/30 (2012.01) B60W 30/00 (2006.01) MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, B60W 40/02 (2006.01) TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/034819 Published: (22) International Filing Date: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) 26 May 2017 (26.05.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/342,797 27 May 2016 (27.05.2016) US 15/606,451 26 May 2017 (26.05.2017) US (71) Applicant: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [US/US]; 1455 Market St., 4th Floor, San Francisco, California 94103 (US). (72) Inventors: RANDER, Peter; 3011 Smallman St., Pitts- — burgh, Pennsylvania 15201 (US). STENTZ, Anthony; 3011 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201 (US). — BROWNING, Brett; 3011 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania 15201 (US). NAGY, Bryan; 3011 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201 (US). = = Agent: MAHAMEDI, Zurvan; Mahamedi IP Law LLP, 1901 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 600, Campbell, California (74) = 95008 (US). — = Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every = (81) = kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, — = CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, = DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, = HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, = = KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, = MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, = PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. = = = Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (84) = kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, — GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, = UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, 1-1 ..! (54) Title: FACILITATING RIDER PICK-UP FOR A SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE ei (57) : A control system of a self-driving vehicle (SDV) can process sensor data from the sensor system to autonomously ei of operate acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the SDV throughout a given region. The control system can receive a transport in directive from a transport facilitation system to service a pick-up request from a requesting user, the transport directive indicating an C:::: ) inputted pick-up location by the requesting user. The control system can then autonomously operate the acceleration, braking, and ei --.... steering systems along a current route to a pick-up area encompassing the inputted pick-up location. The control system can further I r ---- determine a corresponding set of pick-up location options for the pick-up area, and as the SDV approaches the pick-up area, perform a C hierarchical operation to identify, via the sensor data, an optimal pick-up location to rendezvous with the requesting user. ei C