Passenger classification-based autonomous vehicle routing
US10152053B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/40
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle (AV) fleet management system includes a communications interface, one or more processors, and a memory that stores instructions that cause the processors to receive, a request for a ride using an AV from a wireless communication device of a user. The request may include a pick-up location of the user. The instructions also cause the processors to identify demographic information related to the user, determine a vulnerability score and a priority of the user based at least in part on the demographic information, and receive location information from a plurality of AVs in a fleet of AVs. The instructions further cause the processors to identify a particular AV from the fleet of AVs based at least in part on the vulnerability score, the priority, the pick-up location of the user, and the location of the particular AV and cause the particular AV to pick-up the user.
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