Hybrid trip planning for autonomous vehicles

US10586458B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UATC, LLC · US

Inventors

• Brett Bavar · Pittsburgh, US
• Emily Bartel · Pittsburgh, US
• Xiaodong Zhang · Pittsburgh, US
• Molly Castle Nix · Pittsburgh, US
• Matthew Sweeney · Pittsburgh, US
• Bryan John Nagy · Pittsburgh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S19/13
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A hybrid trip planning system can receive transport requests from requesting users, and determine a pick-up location from each transport request. The pick-up location can be within or external to an autonomy grid on which a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs) can operate in an autonomous mode. The system can further determine a drop-off location from the transport request, the drop-off location also being within or external to the autonomy grid. The system can select and route an AV to a most optimal entry and/or exit point of the autonomy grid based on the transport request, where the selected AV is to switch between a manual and an autonomous mode.