Hailing a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021080957-A1
Application number	US-202017109075-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 1, 2020
Priority date	Aug 18, 2016
Publication date	Mar 18, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

In general, an indication is received through a user interface of an intention of a potential rider to use an autonomous vehicle. In response to the receipt of the indication, a hailing request is sent by a signaling mode to at least one autonomous vehicle that can receive the hailing request directly in accordance with the signaling mode.

First claim

1 - 20 . canceled

21 . A system comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, upon execution of the instructions by the at least one processor, are to cause the at least one processor to: receive, by at least one sensor of a vehicle from an infrastructure access point, a wireless signal that indicates a request for transportation services, wherein the wireless signal that indicates the request for transportation services is based on a wireless signal received by the infrastructure access point directly from a hailing device of a user; select, based on the wireless signal received from the infrastructure access point, a stopping place; and cause the vehicle to stop at the stopping place.

22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the wireless signal that indicates the request for transportation devices is a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless signal.

23 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the wireless signal received from the infrastructure access point is a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless signal.

24 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the wireless signal that indicates the request for transportation services is generated by the infrastructure access point based on the wireless signal received from the hailing device without modification by a server that is communicatively coupled with the infrastructure access point.

25 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the hailing device is a mobile device of a user.

26 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the infrastructure access point is a WiFi access point.

27 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the signal received by the infrastructure access point includes the request for transportation services.

28 . A method comprising:
detecting, by at least one sensor of a vehicle, a first wireless signal that indicates a request for transportation services received from an infrastructure access point, wherein the first wireless signal is based on a second wireless signal that was previously received by the infrastructure access point directly from a hailing device of a user; selecting, by at least one processor of the vehicle a stopping place based on the wireless signal received from the infrastructure access point; and causing, by the at least one processor, the vehicle to stop at the stopping place.

29 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the wireless signal that indicates the request for transportation devices is a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless signal.

30 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the wireless signal received from the infrastructure access point is a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless signal.

31 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the wireless signal that indicates the request for transportation services is generated by the infrastructure access point based on the wireless signal received from the hailing device without modification by a server that is communicatively coupled with the infrastructure access point.

32 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the hailing device is a mobile device of a user.

33 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the infrastructure access point is a WiFi access point.

34 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the signal received by the infrastructure access point includes the request for transportation services.

35 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a vehicle, are to cause the vehicle to:
detect, by at least one sensor of a vehicle, a first wireless signal that indicates a request for transportation services received from an infrastructure access point, wherein the first wireless signal is based on a second wireless signal that was previously received by the infrastructure access point directly from a hailing device of a user; select, by at least one processor of the vehicle a stopping place based on the wireless signal received from the infrastructure access point; and cause, by the at least one processor, the vehicle to stop at the stopping place.

36 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 35 , wherein the wireless signal that indicates the request for transportation devices is a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless signal.

37 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 35 , wherein the wireless signal received from the infrastructure access point is a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless signal.

38 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 35 , wherein the wireless signal that indicates the request for transportation services is generated by the infrastructure access point based on the wireless signal received from the hailing device without modification by a server that is communicatively coupled with the infrastructure access point.

39 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 35 , wherein the hailing device is a mobile device of a user.

40 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 35 , wherein the infrastructure access point is a WiFi access point.

Assignees

• Motional Ad Llc

Inventors

• Iagnemma Karl
• Robbel Philipp

Classifications

• H04M1/72403 Primary

  with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality · CPC title

• G06V20/56

  exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle · CPC title

• G08G1/005

  including pedestrian guidance indicator · CPC title

• G08G1/202

  Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching · CPC title

• H04M1/72522

  Electricity · mapped topic