Self-driving vehicle systems and methods

US9646356B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• Wesley Edward Schwie · Minneapolis, US
• Eric John Wengreen · Sammamish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2016
• Grant date: May 9, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10L15/1807
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Self-driving vehicles have unlimited potential to learn and predict human behavior and perform actions accordingly. Several embodiments described herein enable a self-driving vehicle to monitor human activity and predict when and where the human will be located and whether the human needs a ride from the self-driving vehicle. Self-driving vehicles will be able to perform such tasks with incredible efficacy and accuracy that will allow self-driving vehicles to proliferate at a much faster rate than would otherwise be the case.