# US 2021/0331702 A1 · Method for providing transportation service using autonomous vehicle

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- Number: US 2021/0331702 A1
- Document ID: US20210331702A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/490,501
- Filed: 2019-03-21
- Published: 2021-10-28
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-21
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Joong Hang KIM; Sung Hwan CHOI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210331702A1

## CPC

- B60W 60/0025: {specially adapted for specific operations}
- B60W 30/14: {Adaptive} cruise control
- B60W 30/181: {Preparing for stopping}
- G01C 21/3407: {specially adapted for specific applications}
- G01C 21/3617: {using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement}
- G01C 21/362: {received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application}
- G01C 21/3691: {Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions (arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09)}
- G01S 19/42: Determining position
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- G08G 1/0968: Systems involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle
- G08G 1/202: {Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching}
- B60W 2420/403: Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
- B60W 2520/04: Vehicle stop
- B60W 2556/65: Data transmitted between vehicles
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})

## Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for providing pickup and drop-off services to a user at designated locations using an autonomous vehicle. The method for providing transportation services using an autonomous vehicle according to an embodiment includes receiving driving information from a user terminal and identifying a destination on the basis of the received driving information, generating a driving path to the destination and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle, identifying a stopping area corresponding to the destination when the autonomous vehicle is within a preset distance from the destination and determining whether stopping is allowed in the identified stopping area, and generating a driving path to the stopping area on the basis of results of the determination, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle, or setting a waiting area on the driving path to the destination, generating a driving path to the set waiting area, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for providing transportation services using an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
receiving driving information from a user terminal, and identifying a destination on the basis of the received driving information;
generating a driving path to the destination and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle;
identifying a stopping area corresponding to the destination when the autonomous vehicle is within a preset distance from the destination, and determining whether stopping is allowed in the identified stopping area; and
generating a driving path to the stopping area on the basis of results of the determination and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle, or setting a waiting area on the driving path to the destination, generating a driving path to the set waiting area, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving driving information from a user terminal and identifying a destination on the basis of the received driving information comprises identifying at least one of a pickup location and a drop-off location included in the driving information as the destination.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises identifying the location of the autonomous vehicle by receiving location information from a GPS module in the autonomous vehicle and determining whether the autonomous vehicle is within a preset distance from the destination by comparing the identified location and the location of the destination.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether stopping is allowed in the identified stopping area comprises determining whether stopping is allowed in the stopping area on the basis of a degree of traffic congestion in the stopping area.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining whether stopping is allowed in the stopping area on the basis of a degree of traffic congestion in the stopping area comprises determining that the stopping area is in a non-stopping state when the degree of traffic congestion is greater than or equal to a reference value, and determining that the stopping area is in a stopping state when the degree of traffic congestion is less than the reference value.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises identifying a degree of traffic congestion in the stopping area by performing data communication with a traffic information server.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether stopping is allowed in the identified stopping area comprises receiving external image information from a camera module in the autonomous vehicle and determining whether stopping is allowed in the stopping area on the basis of the received external image information.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of setting a waiting area on the driving path to the destination comprises setting an area with a degree of traffic congestion less than a reference value on the driving path to the destination as the waiting area.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises continuously determining whether stopping is allowed in the stopping area on the basis of a preset cycle when the location of the autonomous vehicle is in the waiting area.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises transmitting a driving path to the stopping area to an autonomous vehicle that enters the waiting area at the earliest point in time among a plurality of autonomous vehicles located in the waiting area when the stopping area is in the stopping state.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, the method, further comprising:
when a period during which the location of the autonomous vehicle is the waiting area is greater than or equal to a preset period, changing the stopping area into an adjacent stopping area; and
generating a driving path to the adjacent stopping area and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises changing the stopping area into an adjacent stopping area when non-stopping signals are received from the autonomous vehicle.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises transmitting information on the changed adjacent stopping area to the user terminal.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the waiting area includes a plurality of waiting points that are consecutively arranged along the driving path to the destination,
the step of setting the waiting area on the driving path to the destination, generating a driving path to the set waiting area, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle comprises identifying non-occupied waiting points that are not occupied among the plurality of waiting points (wp), generating a driving path to any one non-occupied waiting point closest to the destination among the identified non-occupied waiting points, and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the waiting area includes a plurality of waiting points that are consecutively arranged along the driving path to the destination,
the step of generating a driving path to the stopping area and transmitting the generated driving path to the autonomous vehicle comprises transmitting a driving path to the stopping area to an autonomous vehicle occupying a waiting point closest to the destination among the plurality of autonomous vehicles respectively occupying the plurality of waiting points.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the autonomous vehicle, which is moving autonomously along the driving path to the stopping area or the waiting area, transmitting an occupancy prediction signal for the stopping area or the waiting area to an adjacent vehicle through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises transmitting information on the changed adjacent stopping area to the user terminal.