Systems and methods for automatically assigning vehicle identifiers for vehiclesIn one aspect, a system for automatically assigning vehicle identifiers for autonomous vehicles can include a registry server computing system configured to perform operations. The operations can incl…DRIVE·Jun 9·1 min readFollowG08G1/017Uber Technologies, Inc.
Penalizing difficult immediate maneuvers in routing cost functionsA transportation management system generates routing guidance from an origin location to a destination location by modifying edge weights in a graph of a geographic location to penalize difficult imme…DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min readFollowG01C21/3453Uber Technologies, Inc.
DYNAMIC PICKUP POINT RE-RANKING SYSTEMSystems and methods for dynamically re-ranking a pickup point are provided. The system receives a request for transportation service from a device of a rider that includes a selected pickup point. In …DRIVE·Mar 26·1 min readFollowG01C21/3415Uber Technologies, Inc.
SAFETY ROUTING IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMSystems and methods are provided to receive a request for service indicating a start location and a destination location for the service, determine that a time of day for the request for service trigg…DRIVE·Feb 19·1 min readFollowG01C21/3461Uber Technologies, Inc.
IDENTIFYING EXPENSIVE SEGMENTS IN ROUTE PLANNING AND GUIDANCENavigation routing is optimized to enhance guidance provided near potential route divergence points that increase route cost. Historical route data is used to determine costs for routes between an ori…DRIVE·Feb 12·1 min readFollowG01C21/3492Uber Technologies, Inc.
ROUTE COORDINATION AND NAVIGATION BASED ON USER PROXIMITY TO POINTS OF INTERESTA system receives sensor data from computing devices of passengers riding in an autonomous vehicle (AV). Based on the sensor data, the system can determine a position of each of the passengers within …DRIVE·Jul 31·2 min readFollowG01C21/3438Uber Technologies, Inc.
Systems and Methods for the Display of Corresponding Content for User-Requested Vehicle Services Using Distributed Electronic DevicesSystems and methods for displaying corresponding content for vehicle services using a distributed set of electronic devices are provided. For example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining …DRIVE·May 15·2 min readFollowG06Q30/0265Uber Technologies, Inc.
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DELIVERY INGESTION AND ROUTINGVarious examples are directed to systems and methods for generating improved autonomous vehicle (AV) navigation route data and estimated time of arrival (ETA) data. A system may receive delivery data …DRIVE·Apr 3·1 min readFollowG01C21/3415Uber Technologies, Inc.
DYNAMIC ROUTE RECOMMENDATION FOR SERVICE PROVIDERSA system can classify at least one sub-region of the one or more sub-regions as an undersupplied sub-region based on transport supply versus transport demand. The system can provide, to a computing de…DRIVE·Jan 9·1 min readFollowG01C21/3415Uber Technologies, Inc.
CLICKABLE ACCESS POINTSystems and methods herein describe receiving a target location from a computing device, using a machine learning model: determining a first access point and a second access point associated with the …DRIVE·Oct 17·1 min readFollowG06Q50/40Uber Technologies, Inc.
DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING ORIGIN AND DESTINATION LOCATIONS FOR A NETWORK SYSTEMA network system dynamically determines a route, including start and end points, for vehicles in a transportation network. The transportation network receives a service request from a user of the tran…DRIVE·Sep 5·1 min readFollowG01C21/3438Uber Technologies, Inc.
ROUTE SELECTION USING MACHINE-LEARNED SAFETY MODELSystems and methods of configuring and using a machine-learned safety risk model to predict a corresponding risk of vehicular collision for different candidate routes are disclosed herein. In some exa…DRIVE·Aug 8·1 min readFollowG01C21/3461Uber Technologies, Inc.
INDOOR/OUTDOOR TRANSITION POINTS BASED ON SATELLITE SIGNAL STRENGTHSystems and methods of using satellite signal strength to determine indoor/outdoor transition points for places are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a computer system accesses service da…DRIVE·Jul 4·1 min readFollowG01C21/3438Uber Technologies, Inc.
NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM TO MANAGE CONGESTIONSA network system obtains position information from a plurality of computing devices that are located within a geographic region where a mass-user facility is provided. A congestion level is determined…DRIVE·Jun 13·1 min readFollowH04W4/024Uber Technologies, Inc.
Systems and Methods for the Display of Corresponding Content for User-Requested Vehicle Services Using Distributed Electronic DevicesSystems and methods for displaying corresponding content for vehicle services using a distributed set of electronic devices are provided. For example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining …DRIVE·May 9·2 min readFollowG06Q30/0265Uber Technologies, Inc.
PROACTIVE DELIVERY OF NAVIGATION OPTIONSVarious embodiments pertain to techniques for proactively delivering navigation options to a user via a mobile device. In various embodiments, one or more navigation options can be determined for the …DRIVE·Apr 11·1 min readFollowG01C21/3407Uber Technologies, Inc.
STATE-BASED AUTONOMOUS-VEHICLE OPERATIONSThe present disclosure is directed to state-based autonomous-vehicle operations. In particular, the methods, devices, and systems of the present disclosure can: determine, based at least in part on on…DRIVE·Apr 4·1 min readFollowG01C21/3423Uber Technologies, Inc.
ON-DEMAND TRANSPORT SELECTION PROCESS FACILITATING THIRD-PARTY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESA network computing system can coordinate on-demand transport serviced by transport providers operating throughout a transport service region. The transport providers can comprise a set of internal au…DRIVE·Mar 28·1 min readFollowG06Q10/06311Uber Technologies, Inc.
Location Determination Based on Historical Service DataA system receives a service request sent from a computing device of a user, which identifies a service to be provided. The system then identifies potential locations based on the service request and h…DRIVE·Mar 21·1 min readFollowH04W4/029Uber Technologies, Inc.
Network Computer System to Control Freight Vehicle Operation ConfigurationsIn some examples, a network computer system can monitor a plurality of mobile computing devices to determine a current location of a corresponding freight operator of a plurality of freight operators.…DRIVE·Jan 18·1 min readFollowB60W30/16Uber Technologies, Inc.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ALERTS TO DRIVERSA monitoring system can receive sensor data from one or more sensors of a vehicle to monitor an exterior of the vehicle. Based on monitoring the exterior of the vehicle, the system can detect movement…DRIVE·Dec 28·1 min readFollowB60Q9/00Uber Technologies, Inc.
INFERRING ACCURATE LOCATIONSSystems and methods herein describe a network system for generating inferred accurate locations. The systems and methods receive a transportation trip request from a first computing device that includ…DRIVE·Dec 21·1 min readFollowG01C21/3415Uber Technologies, Inc.
PROVIDING ROUTE INFORMATION TO DEVICES DURING A SHARED TRANSPORT SERVICEA system and method of providing information about a transport service to user devices are described. The system arranges a transport service for a first user and a second user. The system determines …DRIVE·Dec 21·2 min readFollowH04W4/44Uber Technologies, Inc.
OPTIMIZATION OF NETWORK SERVICE BASED ON AN EXISTING SERVICEA network system can receive, from a user device of a requesting user, a query related to a first service. If the network system determines that a first service provider is in progress of providing a …DRIVE·Nov 23·2 min readFollowG01C21/3679Uber Technologies, Inc.
ROUTING GRAPH MANAGEMENT IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ROUTINGVarious examples are directed to routing autonomous vehicles. A processor unit accesses first routing graph modification data and second routing graph modification data. The first routing graph modifi…DRIVE·Nov 9·1 min readFollowG01C21/3492Uber Technologies, Inc.
Network Computer System to Evaluate an Operator of a Freight VehicleA computer system can determine historical interval data of a freight operator from completed freight service requests associated with the freight operator. Additionally, while the freight operator is…DRIVE·Nov 9·1 min readFollowG08G1/127Uber Technologies, Inc.
GENERATION OF NAVIGATIONAL ROUTE NETWORKSA system can arrange a plurality of transport services in a geographic region by matching received transport requests from requesters with standard vehicles to facilitate transport of the requesters t…DRIVE·Nov 2·1 min readFollowG06Q10/047Uber Technologies, Inc.
DETERMINING DISSIMILARITIES BETWEEN DIGITAL MAPS AND A ROAD NETWORK USING PREDICTED ROUTE DATA AND REAL TRACE DATAA network system determines dissimilarities between a digital map and trace data of a road network in an area as service providers and service requestors coordinate service using the road network in t…DRIVE·Oct 26·2 min readFollowG01C21/3815Uber Technologies, Inc.
Enhancing Map Data Based on Points of InterestAn online system receives a trip request including a location of the user requesting the trip. The online system identifies buildings or geographies based on the received location and determines locat…DRIVE·Oct 26·1 min readFollowG06F16/9538Uber Technologies, Inc.
COORDINATING TRANSPORT THROUGH A COMMON RENDEZVOUS LOCATIONA computing system can maximize throughput for a common rendezvous location by determining estimated times of arrival (ETAs) to the common rendezvous location for matched users and/or transport provid…DRIVE·Oct 5·1 min readFollowG01C21/3438Uber Technologies, Inc.
Cartop Advertisement Vehicle-Based Routing and MatchingSystems and methods for advertisement-based vehicle matching and routing. For example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining data associated with a vehicle service request. The data associa…DRIVE·Sep 28·1 min readFollowG06Q30/0266Uber Technologies, Inc.
Systems and Methods for the Display of Corresponding Content for Vehicle Services Using Distributed Electronic DevicesSystems and methods for displaying corresponding content for vehicle services using a distributed set of electronic devices are provided. For example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining …DRIVE·Sep 28·1 min readFollowG06Q30/0265Uber Technologies, Inc.
Cartop Advertisement Vehicle-Based Routing and MatchingSystems and methods for advertisement-based vehicle matching a routing. For example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining data associated with a vehicle that is online with a service entit…DRIVE·Sep 28·1 min readFollowG06Q30/0266Uber Technologies, Inc.
INTERSECTION-BASED ROUTINGSystems and methods are provided for receiving a start location and a destination location, determining a road segment corresponding to the destination location, and identifying a node nearest the roa…DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min readFollowG01C21/343Uber Technologies, Inc.
INDOOR/OUTDOOR TRANSITION POINTS BASED ON SATELLITE SIGNAL STRENGTHSystems and methods of using satellite signal strength to determine indoor/outdoor transition points for places are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a computer system accesses service da…DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min readFollowG01C21/3438Uber Technologies, Inc.
INTERSECTION-BASED ROUTINGSystems and methods are provided for receiving a start location and a destination location, determining a road segment corresponding to the destination location, and identifying a node nearest the roa…DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min readFollowG01C21/343Uber Technologies, Inc.
USING SENSOR DATA FOR COORDINATE PREDICTIONSystems and methods of using sensor data for coordinate prediction are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, for a place, a computer system accesses corresponding service data comprising pick…DRIVE·Sep 14·1 min readFollowG01C21/3446Uber Technologies, Inc.
ROUTE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM BASED ON HEIGHT PARAMETERSystems and methods for managing routing involving an indicated point of interest associated with a plurality of levels of a multilevel (overlapping or stacked) roadway are provided. In example embodi…DRIVE·Aug 10·2 min readFollowG01C21/3682Uber Technologies, Inc.
THIRD-PARTY VEHICLE OPERATOR SIGN-INSystems and methods to authenticate a vehicle operator for an autonomous vehicle on a vehicle service platform are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining…DRIVE·Jun 8·1 min readFollowG06F21/35Uber Technologies, Inc.
MOBILE SEARCH BASED ON PREDICTED LOCATIONA method includes receiving one or more search terms at a mobile computing device while the mobile computing device is located at a particular location. A search query that includes the one or more se…DRIVE·Jun 1·1 min readFollowG01C21/3617Uber Technologies, Inc.
