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Self-driving vehicle systems and methods

  • US 10,466,057 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/2018
  • Issued: 11/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of using a vehicle management system to identify a high traffic area and move a self-driving vehicle to meet a rider, wherein the vehicle management system is configured to be communicatively coupled with a remote computing device associated with the rider, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by at least one of the vehicle management system and the remote computing device, a primary pick-up location to meet the rider;

    determining, by at least one of the vehicle management system and the remote computing device, that traffic adjacent to the primary pick-up location is greater than a predetermined traffic threshold; and

    in response to the determining, instructing, by at least one of the vehicle management system and the remote computing device, the self-driving vehicle to pick up the rider at a secondary pick-up location.

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