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Parking Autonomous Vehicles

  • US 20150346727A1
  • Filed: 08/12/2015
  • Published: 12/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for parking an autonomous vehicle, the instructions when executed perform the following:

  • receiving, using one or more processors of the autonomous vehicle, an instruction to park the autonomous vehicle, the instruction being received when the autonomous vehicle is in a preselected location;

    selecting, using the one or more processors of the autonomous vehicle, at least one parking area that potentially has available parking spaces to park the autonomous vehicle using, in part, a defined set of parking criteria;

    providing, using the one or more processors of the autonomous vehicle, commands to drive the autonomous vehicle to the parking area, the autonomous vehicle being configured to select an available parking space within the parking area to park the autonomous vehicle; and

    sending, using the one or more processors of the autonomous vehicle, a confirmation message after the autonomous vehicle is parked in the available parking space within the parking area, the confirmation message including a parking location associated with the autonomous vehicle.

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