The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for directing ridesharing vehicles. In some implementations, the systems and methods may include a communications interface configured to receive a ride request from a user, wherein the ride request includes a desired destination and information associated with a current location of the user, and receive location information of a first group of on-demand ridesharing vehicles and a second group of fixed-line ridesharing vehicles and a processor configured to based on the received location information, identify a fixed-line ridesharing vehicle available to pick-up the user from a first pick-up location other than the current location of the user, based on the received location information, identify an on-demand ridesharing vehicle available to pick-up the user from a second pick-up location other than the current location of the user, determine a first value indicative of a time duration for the fixed-line ridesharing vehicle to arrive at the first pick-up location, determine a second value indicative of a time duration for the on-demand ridesharing vehicle to arrive at the second pick-up location, and when the first value is less than the second value, inform the user that the fixed-line ridesharing vehicle is enroute and direct the user to the first pick-up location.
ASSIGNING ON-DEMAND VEHICLES BASED ON ETA OF FIXED-LINE VEHICLES
2020-10-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / 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 / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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