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US 11,441,912 B2Granted
Systems and methods for multi-modality autonomous vehicle transport
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorMohamed M. Elshenawy
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Abstract
Technologies disclosed herein facilitate identification of a trip route from an origin of a user to a desired destination of the user, wherein the trip route includes multiple transportation modalities, at least one of which is an autonomous vehicle (AV), and dispatching of the AV to a pickup location for the user in connection with providing transportation to the user along a portion of the identified trip route.
Claims20
A computing system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a trip request pertaining to passenger transportation, the trip request comprising data indicative of a trip origin and a trip destination;
- generating a route plan for the trip request that includes multiple transportation modalities by performing an optimization over routing information, the multiple transportation modalities including transport by way of an autonomous vehicle (AV) and a second transportation modality, the routing information including a map of a first operational region that includes the trip origin and the trip destination, wherein generating the route plan is based upon a user modality setting, the user modality setting specifying a first set of transportation modalities that the user is willing to take in the first operational region and a second set of transportation modalities that the user is willing to take in a second operational region, wherein the first set of transportation modalities fails to include at least one transportation modality included in the second set of transportation modalities, and wherein the route plan includes only transportation modalities specified in the first set of transportation modalities;
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- issuing a pickup instruction to an AV in communication with the computing system, the AV configured for conveyance of passengers, wherein the pickup instruction is configured to cause the AV to navigate to a pickup location included in the route plan, wherein the pickup instruction is configured such that responsive to the AV arriving at a terminus point included in the route plan, the terminus point associated with the second transportation modality, the AV displays, by way of a display included on the AV, a graphical indication of a location of the terminus point associated with the second transportation modality.
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A computing device configured to perform the following acts:
- responsive to receiving user input indicative of a desired trip destination of a user at the computing device, generating a trip request that comprises data indicative of a trip origin and the desired trip destination;
- outputting the trip request to a server computing device, wherein the trip request is configured to cause the server computing device to generate a route plan for the trip request that includes multiple transportation modalities by performing an optimization over routing information, the multiple transportation modalities including transport by way of an autonomous vehicle (AV) and at least one other transportation modality, the routing information including a map of a first operational region that includes the trip origin and the trip destination, wherein the server computing device generates the route plan based upon a user modality setting, the user modality setting specifying a first set of transportation modalities that the user is willing to take in the first operational region and a second set of transportation modalities that the user is willing to take in a second operational region, wherein the first set of transportation modalities fails to include at least one transportation modality included in the second set of transportation modalities, and wherein the route plan includes only transportation modalities specified in the first set of transportation modalities;
- responsive to receiving data indicative of the route plan generated by the server computing device, displaying, by way of a display of the computing device, a first graphical indication of at least a portion of the route plan;
- responsive to receiving second user input indicative of confirmation of the route plan, outputting a confirmation of the route plan to the server computing device, wherein the confirmation of the route plan is configured to cause the server computing device to issue a pickup instruction to an AV in communication with the server computing device, wherein the pickup instruction is configured to cause the AV to navigate to a pickup location included in the route plan;
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- responsive to the AV arriving at a terminus point included in the route plan, the terminus point associated with a modality of transport other than the AV, displaying a second graphical indication by way of the display, the second graphical indication indicating a location of the terminus point associated with the modality of transportation other than the AV.
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An autonomous vehicle (AV), comprising:
- a processor;
- a display;
- and
- memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- responsive to receiving a pickup instruction from a server computing device in communication with the AV, navigating to a pickup location indicated in the pickup instruction, the pickup instruction transmitted to the AV by the server computing device in connection with a route plan that includes multiple transportation modalities, the route plan generated by the server computing device based upon a user modality setting, the user modality setting specifying a first set of transportation modalities that the user is willing to take in a first operational region that includes the pickup location and a second set of transportation modalities that the user is willing to take in a second operational region, wherein the first set of transportation modalities fails to include at least one transportation modality included in the second set of transportation modalities, and wherein the route plan includes only transportation modalities specified in the first set of transportation modalities;
- displaying a first graphical indication of at least a portion of the route plan by way of the display, wherein the graphical indication includes an indication that the route plan includes multiple transportation modalities;
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- responsive to the AV arriving at a terminus point included in the route plan, the terminus point associated with a modality of transport other than the AV, displaying a second graphical indication by way of the display, the second graphical indication indicating the modality of transportation other than the AV.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.