Client control for an autonomous vehicle ridesharing service

An Autonomous Vehicle (AV), comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more mechanical systems;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the AV to:
• determine multiple sets of one or more mechanical operations of the one or more mechanical systems that the AV can control to alternately perform at a future time;
• determine a first ranked set of mechanical operations that the AV can perform at the future time and a second ranked set of mechanical operations that the AV can perform at the future time from among the multiple sets;
• determine that the first ranked set of mechanical operations outranks the second ranked set of mechanical operations in an initial ranking, wherein the initial ranking is based on one or more AV ridesharing objectives that include at least one of a fuel efficiency objective, a battery efficiency objective, and an AV fleet utilization objective;
• evaluate whether a score associated with a potential passenger selection of the second ranked set of mechanical operations can override the initial ranking if selected by a passenger based on application of a weight to the score associated with the potential passenger selection of the second ranked set of mechanical operations;
• in response to a determination that the score associated with the potential passenger selection of the second ranked set of mechanical operations can override the initial ranking, present the initial ranking on a client interface;
• receive, via the client interface, a client selection of the second ranked set of mechanical operations;
• based on the client selection of the second ranked set, adjusting the initial ranking to generate an adjusted ranking, wherein the adjusted ranking indicates to the AV that the second ranked set of mechanical operations outranks the first ranked set of mechanical operations;
• and
• perform the second ranked set of mechanical operations at the future time in response to receiving the client selection within a specified time.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, upon being executed by one or more processors of an Autonomous Vehicle (AV), cause the AV to:

• determine multiple sets of one or more mechanical operations for mechanical systems of the AV that the AV can alternately perform at a future time;
• determine a first ranked set of mechanical operations that the AV can perform at the future time and a second ranked set of mechanical operations that the AV can perform at the future time from among the multiple sets;
• determine that the first ranked set of mechanical operations outranks the second ranked set of mechanical operations in an initial ranking, wherein the initial ranking is based on one or more AV ridesharing objectives that include at least one of a fuel efficiency objective, a battery efficiency objective, and an AV fleet utilization objective;
• evaluate whether a score associated with a passenger selection of the second ranked set of mechanical operations can override the initial ranking;
• in response to a determination that the score associated with the passenger selection of the second ranked set of mechanical operations can override the initial ranking, present the initial ranking on a client interface;
• receive, via the client interface, a client selection of the second ranked set of mechanical operations;
• based on the client selection of the second ranked set of mechanical operations, adjust the initial ranking to generate an adjusted ranking, wherein the adjusted ranking indicates to the AV that the second ranked set of mechanical operations outranks the first ranked set of mechanical operations;
• and
• perform the second ranked set of mechanical operations at the future time in response to receiving the client selection within a specified time.