Aspects of the present disclosure relate to protecting the privacy of a user of a dispatching service for driverless vehicles. For example, a request for a vehicle identifying user information is received. A client computing device may be identified based on the user information. In response to the request, a driverless vehicle may be dispatched to the location of the client device. Signaling information may be generated based on a set of rules including a first rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user as well as a second rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user information. The location of the client computing device and the signaling information may be sent to the driverless vehicle for display. In addition, the signaling information may also be sent to the client computing device for display.

Systems and methods for live utilization and tracking of vehicular movement producing a fluid representation of the movement of vehicles and means to evaluate vehicle movement/activities relative to response requirements may be provided. Accordingly, real-time evaluations and/or corrections may be made based on this improved tracking of movement/activities. Replay analysis of movement/activities that have already occurred may be provided to evaluate and make adjustments for future responses and activities. Colors and other unique display items may be used to highlight different activities, movements and/or timing for completion within an online mapping application. Layering of different mapping displays also may be provided.

Implementations include providing travel assistance services via a mobile device to dispatch a travel assistance vehicle to a user and transport the user to a safe destination. For example, a user of the travel assistance system may desire to be removed from a potentially dangerous situation, such as when traveling internationally in which the user may be unable to contact the authorities directly. The travel assistance system may be accessed by the mobile device in response to a situation for which a user may request a type of travel assistance response, such as a travel assistance vehicle or instructions on navigating a potentially unsafe situation. A travel assistance response may be provided based on information obtained from the mobile device, secondary information from databases, and/or a user profile. A risk assessment of the situation may be calculated by the system to determine the travel assistance response.

A method of causing car sharing platform user to perform vehicle actions includes training a model by analyzing historical data; analyzing a first data set to determine vehicle requirements comprising respective actions that include respective action values; displaying the actions; receiving user acceptance of the actions; analyzing a second data set to identify changes to the requirements indicating completed actions; and releasing the respective generated action value for the completed actions. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer system to: train a model by analyzing historical data; analyze a first data set to determine vehicle requirements comprising respective actions that include respective action values; display the actions; receive user acceptance of the actions; analyze a second data set to identify changes to the requirements indicating completed actions; and release the respective generated action value for the completed actions.

An information processing device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The control unit selects at least one instant message as a selected message from one or more instant messages transmitted and received between terminal devices including a first terminal device. The control unit selects the selected message based on at least one of pick-up time and drop-off time of a vehicle picking up and dropping off a first user of the first terminal device. The control unit determines evaluation of a service provided in the vehicle based on the selected message.

Methods and systems for deploying autonomous vehicles to form a barricade in a coordinated response to an imminent threat are described. In one embodiment, a method for deploying autonomous vehicles to form a barricade is described. The method includes determining at least one location for a barricade and determining a plurality of autonomous vehicles that are available to form the barricade. The method also includes sending instructions to the plurality of autonomous vehicles to form the barricade at the at least one location. In response to the instructions, the plurality of autonomous vehicles are configured to move to the at least one location and form the barricade.

A modular mobility base for a modular autonomous bot apparatus transporting an item being shipped including a mobile base platform, a component alignment interface, a mobility controller, a propulsion and steering system, and sensors. The component alignment interface provides an alignment channel into which another modular component can be placed and secured on the platform. The mobility controller generates propulsion control signals for controlling speed of the modular mobility base and steering control signals for navigation of the modular mobility base. The propulsion system is connected to the platform and responsive to the propulsion control signal. The steering system is connected to the mobile base platform and is responsive to the steering control signal to cause changes to directional movement of the modular mobility base. The sensors are disposed on the platform provide feedback sensor data to the mobility controller about a condition of the modular mobility base.

A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that communicates via the communication unit. The control unit receives, from a plurality of terminal devices, requests to receive a service from one vehicle, each of the requests specifying a provision period and a provision section of the service. Of a plurality of such moving processes that the vehicle is located in the provision section during the provision period of each of one or more services, the control unit sends, to the vehicle, information instructing the vehicle to perform a moving process with a higher total score assigned to a service included in the moving process than a remainder of the moving processes.

A computer system operates to receive transport service requests from computing devices of requesters within a geographic region. The system matches each transport service request with an available transport provider operating a service vehicle within the geographic region, and determines a location bias for a first transport provider that operates a corresponding vehicle within the geographic region, the location bias being associated with a preferred location of the first transport provider. The system may then match the first transport provider to a transport service request based on (i) the location bias of the first transport provider, and (ii) a destination of the transport service request which, upon fulfilling the transport service request, results in the first transport provider being positioned to arrive at the preferred location within a future time interval.

The present application discloses an improved transportation matching system, and corresponding methods and computer-readable media. According to the disclosed embodiments, the transportation matching system utilizes an image-based transportation request interface and environmental digital image stream to efficiently generate transportation requests with accurate pickup locations. For instance, the disclosed system can utilize one or more environmental digital images provided from a requestor computing device (e.g., a mobile device or an augmented reality wearable device) to determine information such as the location of the requestor computing device and a transportation pickup location within the environmental digital images. Furthermore, the disclosed system can provide, for display on the requestor computing device, one or more augmented reality elements at the transportation pickup location within an environmental scene that includes the transportation pickup location.