PICKING UP AND DROPPING OFF PASSENGERS AT AN AIRPORT USING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

• Main Authors: JAIN JINESH J, HABBABA AYSHA, CHAN LINDSAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 30.08.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A controller of an autonomous vehicle receives a travel itinerary of a passenger and an airport map. The controller then uses the airport map to arrive at a terminal corresponding to the passenger's travel itinerary. Upon arrival at the terminal the controller communicates with parked vehicles (V2V) or infrastructure to identify an unoccupied parking spot and then autonomously parks. When pickingup a passenger, the controller determines whether the passenger has checked luggage and adjusts and arrival time accordingly and may account for the storage volume of the luggage. The controller may also loop a circuit at the airport where a wait time has been exceeded. In some embodiments, augmented reality may be used to help the passenger identify the vehicle. 自主车辆的控制器接收乘客的行程单和机场地图。然后，所述控制器使用所述机场地图到达与所述乘客的行程单相对应的航空站。在到达所述航空站时，所述控制器与已停放车辆通信(V2V)或与基础设施通信以识别未占用停车位，然后自主停放。当搭乘乘客时，所述控制器确定所述乘客是否已托运行李并相应地调整和到达时间并且可以考虑所述行李的收纳体积。所述控制器还可以在已经超过等待时间时在所述机场绕圈。在一些实施例中，增强现实可以用于帮助所述乘客识别所述车辆。