Determining Pickup and Destination Locations for Autonomous Vehicles

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Joshua Seth Herbach of San Francisco CA (US)

Matthew Paul Mcnaughton of Mountain View CA (US)

Determining Pickup and Destination Locations for Autonomous Vehicles

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250076058 titled 'Determining Pickup and Destination Locations for Autonomous Vehicles

Original Abstract Submitted

aspects of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing suggested locations for pick up and destination locations. pick up locations may include locations where an autonomous vehicle can pick up a passenger, while destination locations may include locations where the vehicle can wait for an additional passenger, stop and wait for a passenger to perform some task and return to the vehicle, or for the vehicle to drop off a passenger. as such, a request for a vehicle may be received from a client computing device. the request may identify a first location. a set of one or more suggested locations may be selected by comparing the predetermined locations to the first location. the set may be provided to the client computing device.