Method for picking up or dropping off passengers indoor by an autonomous vehicle

A method for picking up or dropping off passengers indoors by an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:

• (1) receiving, by at least one processor provided on the autonomous vehicle, a request for a passenger to be picked up or dropped off at an indoor space of a building;
• (2) confirming, by the at least one processor, using a map system and a first positioning system, an entrance position of the indoor space of the building;
• (3) when the autonomous vehicle arrives at a location near the entrance position, confirming the entrance position by the at least one processor using at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor detects an entrance traffic control status of the entrance position to output an output signal;
• (4) when the at least one processor receives the output signal and determines that the entrance traffic control status is an enterable state, controlling, by the at least one processor, the autonomous vehicle to drive into the indoor space from the entrance position;
• (5) during a course of the autonomous vehicle entering the indoor space of the building, switching, by the at least one processor, to an indoor operation mode according to a switching signal, to control the autonomous vehicle to arrive at a passenger picking up or dropping off position;
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• (6) establishing, by the at least one processor, a departure path in the indoor operation mode according to a completion signal of the passenger pickup or drop-off from the autonomous vehicle, to control the autonomous vehicle leaving through an exit position of the indoor space of the building.