Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for automated recognition of a transportation customer. One embodiment takes the form of a method comprising an autonomous vehicle, while in a pickup zone for a passenger, sending a gesture-performance request to a user device of the passenger; the autonomous vehicle capturing sensor data in the pickup zone using at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle; and the autonomous vehicle detecting, in the captured sensor data, that a particular gesture is being performed at a particular location within the pickup zone, and responsively proceeding to and stopping at the particular location.
| Original language | English |
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| Patent number | WO2017155740 A1 |
| IPC | G05D 1/ 00 A I |
| Priority date | 8/03/16 |
| Filing date | 28/02/17 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Sept 2017 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |