Parking Autonomous Vehicles
First Claim
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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Abstract
Technology is described for parking autonomous vehicles. An autonomous vehicle may receive an instruction to park the autonomous vehicle. The instruction may be received when the autonomous vehicle is in a preselected location. The autonomous vehicle may select 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. Commands may be provided to drive the autonomous vehicle to the parking area. The autonomous vehicle may be configured to select an available parking space within the parking area to park the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may send a confirmation message after the autonomous vehicle is parked in the available parking space within the parking area. The confirmation message may include a parking location associated with the autonomous vehicle.
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20 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile device operable to communicate with an autonomous vehicle, the mobile device comprising:
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a processor; a memory device including a data store to store a plurality of data and instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; send a request to park the autonomous vehicle upon the autonomous vehicle driving to a preselected location, wherein the autonomous vehicle is configured to select an available parking space to park the autonomous vehicle based in part on a defined set of parking criteria; and receive a confirmation message when the autonomous vehicle is parked in the available parking space, the confirmation message including a parking location associated with the autonomous vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
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a processor; a memory device including a data store to store a plurality of data and instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; receive a request, at the autonomous vehicle, to park the autonomous vehicle after driving to a preselected location; select an available parking space to park the autonomous vehicle based in part on a defined set of parking criteria, wherein the defined set of parking criteria indicates that the available parking space is to be within a predefined travel time from the preselected location and within a defined distance from the preselected location; provide commands to park the autonomous vehicle in the available parking space; and send a confirmation message when the autonomous vehicle is parked in the available parking space, the confirmation message including a parking location associated with the autonomous vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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