Coordinating movements of autonomous vehicles for user exit, loading, or unloading
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- computing, by a central computing device, coordinated movements for a plurality of autonomous vehicles to provide access to a particular one of the autonomous vehicles, wherein;
each of the coordinated movements is computed to avoid movement of any one of the autonomous vehicles interfering with movement of any other one of the autonomous vehicles;
at least one of the coordinated movements of the particular one of the autonomous vehicles is dependent on a fixed interval delay and is performed after movement by at least one of the other autonomous vehicles; and
the access comprises one or more passengers entering into or exiting from the particular one of the autonomous vehicles; and
causing, by the central computing device, the autonomous vehicles to execute autonomously the coordinated movements to provide the access.
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Abstract
A method including computing coordinated movements for a plurality of autonomous vehicles to provide access to a particular one of the autonomous vehicles, wherein each of the coordinated movements is computed to avoid movement of any one of the autonomous vehicles interfering with movement of any other one of the autonomous vehicles, and the requested access comprises one or more passengers entering into or exiting from the particular one of the autonomous vehicles, and causing the autonomous vehicles to execute autonomously the coordinated movements to provide the requested access. In addition, or alternatively, the requested access may comprise cargo being loaded into or unloaded from the particular one of the autonomous vehicles.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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computing, by a central computing device, coordinated movements for a plurality of autonomous vehicles to provide access to a particular one of the autonomous vehicles, wherein; each of the coordinated movements is computed to avoid movement of any one of the autonomous vehicles interfering with movement of any other one of the autonomous vehicles; at least one of the coordinated movements of the particular one of the autonomous vehicles is dependent on a fixed interval delay and is performed after movement by at least one of the other autonomous vehicles; and the access comprises one or more passengers entering into or exiting from the particular one of the autonomous vehicles; and causing, by the central computing device, the autonomous vehicles to execute autonomously the coordinated movements to provide the access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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computing, by a central computing device, coordinated movements for a plurality of autonomous vehicles to provide access to a particular one of the autonomous vehicles, wherein; each of the coordinated movements is computed to avoid movement of any one of the autonomous vehicles interfering with movement of any other one of the autonomous vehicles; at least one of the coordinated movement of the particular one of the autonomous vehicles is dependent on a fixed interval delay and is performed after movement by at least one of the other autonomous vehicles; and the access comprises cargo being loaded into or unloaded from the particular one of the autonomous vehicles; and causing, by the central computing device, the autonomous vehicles in the selected to execute autonomously the set of coordinated movements to provide the access.
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15. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
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compute, by a central computing device, coordinated movements for a plurality of autonomous vehicles to provide access to a particular one of the autonomous vehicles, wherein; each of the coordinated movements is computed to avoid movement of any one of the autonomous vehicles interfering with movement of any other one of the autonomous vehicles; at least one of the coordinated movements of the particular one of the autonomous vehicles is dependent on a fixed interval delay and is performed after movement by at least one of the other autonomous vehicles; and the access comprises one or more passengers entering into or exiting from the particular one of the autonomous vehicles; and cause, by the central computing device, the autonomous vehicles to execute autonomously the coordinated movements to provide the access. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to one or more of the processors and comprising instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to cause the system to; compute, by a central computing device, coordinated movements for a plurality of autonomous vehicles to provide access to a particular one of the autonomous vehicles, wherein; each of the coordinated movements is computed to avoid movement of any one of the autonomous vehicles interfering with movement of any other one of the autonomous vehicles; at least one of the coordinated movements of the articular one of the autonomous vehicles is dependent on a fixed interval delay and is performed after movement by at least one of the other autonomous vehicles; and the access comprises one or more passengers entering into or exiting from the particular one of the autonomous vehicles; and cause, by the central computing device, the autonomous vehicles to execute autonomously the coordinated movements to provide the access. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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