Aspects of the disclosure provide for stopping a vehicle 100 to pick up or drop off a passenger at a location. An example methods includes maneuvering a vehicle towards the location 680. An amount of time for the passenger to enter or exit a vehicle is estimated. Once the vehicle is a predetermine distance from the location, a set of possible places to stop the vehicle are determined. For each place of the set of possible places, a corresponding threshold value is determined. For each place of the set of possible places, the estimated amount of time is compared to the corresponding threshold value. A particular one of the set of possible places is identified based on the comparisons and the vehicle at the particular one to allow the passenger to enter or exit the vehicle.


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    Title :

    Estimating time to pick up and drop off passengers for improved stopping analysis in autonomous vehicles


    Contributors:
    DYER JOHN (author) / TORRES LUIS (author) / CHEN YU-HSIN (author) / EPSTEIN MICHAEL (author)

    Publication date :

    2021-01-28


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion



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