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Autonomous vehicle behavior when waiting for passengers

  • US 10,379,537 B1
  • Filed: 05/22/2017
  • Issued: 08/13/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode in order to attempt to pick up a passenger for a trip, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors of the vehicle, instructions to attempt pick up the passenger at a pickup location;

    in response to receiving the instructions, maneuvering, by the one or more processors, the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode towards the pickup location;

    stopping, by the one or more processors, the vehicle at a given location based on the pickup location;

    initiating a countdown;

    attempting, by the one or more processors, authentication of a client computing device associated with the passenger during the countdown in order to establish a communication link between the client computing device and the vehicle;

    when the client computing device has not been authenticated and only a first amount of time is remaining in the countdown, providing, by the one or more processors, a first notification for display on the client computing device indicating that the trip is cancelled based on the first amount of time remaining in the countdown; and

    once the countdown has completed, moving, by the one or more processors, the vehicle from the given location in the autonomous driving mode without the passenger.

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