Assigning vehicles for transportation services
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsXiang Gao, Ajay Joshi, Gabriel Wolosin
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide for the determining whether to assign a driver to a trip. For instance, a route for a trip between a pickup location and a destination location for a passenger may be determined. Branch routes for the route may be determined based on one or more lane changes of the route. A probability of following each determined branch route may be determined. A probability of requiring assistance for each determined branch route may be determined. Whether to assign a driver to the trip may be determined based on the probabilities for each determined branch route. A vehicle of a fleet of vehicles may be assigned to the trip based on the determine of whether to assign a driver.
Claims21
A method of causing an autonomous vehicle to perform a trip, the method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processors, a route for a trip between a pickup location and a destination location for a passenger, the route including one or more lane changes;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a plurality of branch routes to the destination location from a location of the one or more lane changes;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a probability of following least one determined branch route of the plurality of branch routes;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a probability of requiring assistance for the at least one determined branch route of the plurality of branch routes using a machine learned model;
- determining, by the one or more processors, whether to assign a driver to the trip based on the probability of requiring assistance for the at least one determined branch route of the plurality of branch routes and the probability of following the at least one determined branch route of the plurality of branch routes;
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- causing, by the one or more processors, the autonomous vehicle to perform the trip based on the determination of whether to assign a driver.
A dispatching server computing system that is configured to implement a method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processors, a route for a trip between a pickup location and a destination location for a passenger, the route including one or more lane changes;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a plurality of branch routes to the destination location from a location of the one or more lane changes;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a probability of following at least one determined branch route of the plurality of branch routes;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a probability of requiring assistance for the at least one determined branch route of the plurality of branch routes using a machine learned model;
- determining, by the one or more processors, whether to assign a driver to the trip based on the probability of requiring assistance for the at least one determined branch route of the plurality of branch routes and the probability of following the at least one determined branch route of the plurality of branch routes;
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- causing, by the one or more processors, an autonomous vehicle to perform the trip based on the determination of whether to assign a driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.