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US 2024/0391501 A1Published application
Vehicle reaction to scene changes at pick-up and drop-off
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsAnanya Sharan, Lucie Zikova
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Abstract
Systems and methods for vehicles to detect and react to scene changes during stops for passenger pick-up, passenger drop-off, and deliveries. In particular, systems and methods are provided for a vehicle to detect a scene change while stopped and move a short distance from its stopped location. In general, after a vehicle has stopped to pick up or drop off a passenger or delivery, the vehicle remains stopped until it begins its drive to a next location.
Claims20
A system for vehicle reaction to a scene change, comprising:
- a ridehail application configured to transmit a ride request including a destination;
- a central computer configured to:
- receive the ride request from the ridehail application,
- determine a first stop location based on the destination,
- transmit the first stop location to the ridehail application, and
- transmit the ride request including the first stop location to a vehicle;
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- the vehicle, including:
- a sensor suite including a plurality of sensors configured to perceive an environment around the vehicle and generate sensor data;
- a map database including a map of an area including the first stop location;
- a scene change reaction module configured to:
- receive the sensor data,
- identify a scene change in the environment after an end of a first vehicle route based on the sensor data,
- determine that the scene change renders the first stop location unsatisfactory,
- utilize the map of the area including the first stop location to identify alternative stopping locations, and
- identify a second stop location in proximity to the first stop location, wherein the second stop location is satisfactory;
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- an onboard computer configured to:
- generate the first vehicle route to the first stop location,
- control the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle to the first stop location and to stop at the first stop location at the end of the first vehicle route,
- receive the second stop location from the scene change reaction module,
- generate a second vehicle route from the first stop location to the second stop location, and
- control the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle to the second stop location.
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A vehicle for reaction to a scene change at a first stop location, comprising:
- a sensor suite including a plurality of sensors configured to perceive an environment around the vehicle and generate sensor data;
- a map database including a map of an area including a first stop location;
- a scene change reaction module configured to:
- receive the sensor data,
- identify a scene change in the environment after an end of a vehicle route based on the sensor data,
- determine that the scene change renders the first stop location unsatisfactory,
- utilize the map of the area including the first stop location to identify alternative stopping locations, and
- identify a second stop location in proximity to the first stop location, wherein the second stop location is satisfactory;
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- an onboard computer configured to:
- receive the second stop location, and
- control the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle to the second stop location.
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A method for vehicle reaction to a scene change, comprising:
- stopping an autonomous vehicle at a first stop location at an end of a first vehicle route;
- perceiving an environment around the autonomous vehicle at the first stop location after the end of the first vehicle route;
- identifying a scene change in the environment after the end of the first vehicle route;
- determining that the scene change renders the first stop location unsatisfactory;
- identifying a second stop location, wherein the second stop location is satisfactory, and wherein the second stop location is in proximity to the first stop location;
- and
- driving the autonomous vehicle to the second stop location, wherein driving the vehicle includes driving the vehicle without beginning a second vehicle route, and wherein an onboard computer on the autonomous vehicle controls the autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to drive to the second stop location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.