Cellular Device Location Discovery Systems and Methods for Autonomous Vehicles

A computing system for controlling autonomous vehicles, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• obtaining data indicative of a service request for a vehicle service for a user, wherein the data indicative of the service request comprises data indicative of an identifier associated with a user device, wherein the identifier is assigned to the user device by a cellular network;
• determining location data associated with the user device based at least in part on the identifier associated with the user device;
• determining an updated vehicle route based at least in part on the location data associated with the user device;
• and
• causing the autonomous vehicle to initiate travel in accordance with the updated vehicle route.

An autonomous vehicle comprising:

• a communications system comprising one or more antennas;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the autonomous vehicle to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• obtaining data indicative of an identifier associated with a user device, wherein the identifier is assigned to the user device by a cellular network;
• obtaining, via the communications system, one or more signals emitted by the user device;
• and
• determining location data associated with the user device based at least in part on the identifier associated with the user device and the one or more signals emitted by the user device.