Deploying human-driven vehicles for autonomous vehicle routing and localization map updating
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1. An on-demand transport facilitation system comprising:
- one or more processors;
one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;
manage an on-demand transportation service for a given region by matching requesting users with drivers and autonomous vehicles (AVs), the AVs utilizing localization maps and live sensor data to autonomously operate throughout the given region;
identify a local anomaly within the given region, the local anomaly affecting AV performance;
transmit a routing invitation to one or more of the drivers, via an executing driver application on a computing device of each of the one or more drivers, to provide feedback corresponding to the local anomaly;
receive an acceptance to the routing invitation from a selected driver of the one or more drivers;
receive feedback data from the selected driver to resolve the local anomaly; and
based on the feedback data, transmit an update to AVs intersecting the local anomaly to enable the intersecting AVs to resolve the local anomaly.
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Abstract
An on-demand transport system can manage an on-demand transportation service for a given region by matching requesting users with drivers and the AVs, where the AVs utilize localization maps and live sensor data to autonomously operate throughout the given region. The transport system can identify a local anomaly within the given region that affects AV performance. The transport system can transmit a routing invitation a driver to provide feedback corresponding to the local anomaly. Based on feedback data received from the driver, the transport system can transmit an update to AVs intersecting the local anomaly to enable the intersecting AVs to resolve the local anomaly.
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1. An on-demand transport facilitation system comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to; manage an on-demand transportation service for a given region by matching requesting users with drivers and autonomous vehicles (AVs), the AVs utilizing localization maps and live sensor data to autonomously operate throughout the given region; identify a local anomaly within the given region, the local anomaly affecting AV performance; transmit a routing invitation to one or more of the drivers, via an executing driver application on a computing device of each of the one or more drivers, to provide feedback corresponding to the local anomaly; receive an acceptance to the routing invitation from a selected driver of the one or more drivers; receive feedback data from the selected driver to resolve the local anomaly; and based on the feedback data, transmit an update to AVs intersecting the local anomaly to enable the intersecting AVs to resolve the local anomaly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
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manage an on-demand transportation service for a given region by matching requesting users with drivers and autonomous vehicles (AVs), the AVs utilizing localization maps and live sensor data to autonomously operate throughout the given region; identify a local anomaly within the given region, the local anomaly affecting AV performance; transmit a routing invitation to one or more of the drivers, via an executing driver application on a computing device of each the one or more drivers, to provide feedback corresponding to the local anomaly; receive an acceptance to the routing invitation from a selected driver of the one or more drivers; receive feedback data from the selected driver to resolve the local anomaly; and based on the feedback data, transmit an update to AVs intersecting the local anomaly to enable the intersecting AVs to resolve the local anomaly. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-implemented method of facilitating transportation by autonomous vehicles (AVs), the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:
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managing an on-demand transportation service for a given region by matching requesting users with drivers and the AVs, the AVs utilizing localization maps and live sensor data to autonomously operate throughout the given region; identifying a local anomaly within the given region, the local anomaly affecting AV performance; transmitting a routing invitation to one or more of the drivers, via an executing driver application on a computing device of each of the one or more drivers, to provide feedback corresponding to the local anomaly; receiving an acceptance to the routing invitation from a selected driver of the one or more drivers; receiving feedback data from the selected driver to resolve the local anomaly; and based on the feedback data, transmitting an update to AVs intersecting the local anomaly to enable the intersecting AVs to resolve the local anomaly. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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