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Hailing a vehicle

  • US 10,244,094 B2
  • Filed: 08/18/2016
  • Issued: 03/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at an image capture device of an autonomous vehicle (AV), one or more pulses of light emitted by a display of a device at a geographic location;

    decoding, by one or more processors of the AV, the one or more pulses of light;

    identifying, by the one or more processors and based on the one or more decoded pulses of light, a request for transportation services at the geographic location;

    selecting, by the one or more processors, a stopping place at the geographic location; and

    causing, by the one or more processors, the AV to stop at the selected stopping place.

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