Technologies and techniques for checking a transport journey of a user via an electronics management system. A user books the transport journey at a starting point via an electronic management system, and the transport journey being carried out from the starting point to a destination to be reached. A planned completion of a first route portion of the transport journey is carried out using the autonomously driving vehicle, where a completion of a second route portion of the transport journey is planned and carried out using an alternative means of transportation to the autonomously driving vehicle. The electronic management system checks whether the completion of the second route portion can be carried out using the alternative means of transportation at the transfer point, and if not, the transport journey is continued toward the destination by means of the autonomously driving vehicle.

Methods and systems that use a phantom vehicle to help generate a planned path for a real-world vehicle are described. The system will identify a starting point and a destination for a trip of the real-world vehicle. The system will select, from the data store of vehicle profiles, a phantom vehicle having an associated motion planning system that corresponds to a system that is deployed on the real-world vehicle. The system will use a high definition map to generate a planned route for the real-world vehicle from the starting point to the destination in the map. The system will run a simulation in which the phantom vehicle moves along the planned route in the map. The system will then output a record of the simulation to a user of the real world-vehicle or to a system of the real-world vehicle.

A hybrid dispatch method for autonomous vehicles and manually-driven vehicles is provided and includes steps of: receiving travel information from a terminal, the travel information including a start position and an end position; matching manually-driven vehicle adapted to the travel information according to manually-driven vehicle matching rules; determining whether the travel information meets compliance rules for autonomous vehicles; matching autonomous vehicles adapted to the travel information according to autonomous vehicle matching rules when the travel information meets the compliance rules for autonomous vehicles; providing the matched manually-driven vehicles and the matched autonomous vehicles to the terminal for the user to select. Furthermore, a server and a storage medium are also provided.

A vehicle scheduling method is provided. The method comprises steps of: obtaining reservation information that includes a starting position, an end position, and a departure time; planning a number of first paths according to the starting position and the end position; determining whether at least one of the first paths is fully displayed on high-precision map; when the first paths are not fully displayed on the high-precision map, dispatching manual driving vehicles; and when at least one of the first paths is fully displayed on the high-precision map, dispatching autonomous driving vehicles or the manual driving vehicles according to corresponding scheduling rules selected by the departure time.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining and responding to an internal state of a self-driving vehicle. For instance, an image of an interior of the vehicle captured by a camera mounted in the vehicle is received. The image is processed in order to identify one or more visible markers at predetermined locations within the vehicle. The internal state of the vehicle is determined based on the identified one or more visible markers. A responsive action is identified action using the determined internal state, and the vehicle is controlled in order to perform the responsive action.

An information processing apparatus of the present invention acquires, from a communication device of a user, at least one of utterance information by the user and position information of the communication device, specifies a predetermined region according to a mark included in the utterance information; acquires a movement direction of the user from at least one of the utterance information and the position information acquired from the communication device of the user, and setting a probability distribution that the user exists to a divided region of the predetermined region based on the acquired movement direction of the user; and presumes the user based on the set probability distribution.

Systems and methods for mutual discovery in autonomous rideshare between passengers and vehicles may receive a pick-up request to pick-up a user with an autonomous vehicle and interact with the user to perform an operation associated with the autonomous vehicle and/or update a user profile associated with the user.

A driving assisting device includes a vicinity information acquiring unit for acquiring vicinity information regarding an object in the vicinity of a vehicle; an image generating unit for using the vicinity information to generate an overhead image that shows the vehicle together with the vicinity thereof; a communicating unit for acquiring, through wireless communication, target person information able to identify at least a location of a target person outside of the vehicle; a vehicle location identifying unit for identifying a vehicle location and direction; a location identifying unit for identifying a location of the target person in an overhead image and identifying, in the overhead image, a stopping location that is suitable for boarding of the target person, based on the location and direction of the vehicle, identified by the vehicle location identifying unit; and an output image generating unit for generating an output image.

A method and system for identifying and providing access to a user capable of performing medical services. The method includes receiving a message from a first device of a first user, the message including a request and digital authorization data associated with the first user, identifying, within a proximity of a first location of the first device, a second device of a second user capable of performing an action associated with the request, determining whether the second user provided agreement to perform the action, communicating the digital authorization data to the second device of the second user responsive to determining that the second user provided the agreement, and instructing, responsive to determining that the second user provided the agreement, a vehicle to transport the second user from a second location of the second device to the first location.

Systems and methods for reconfiguring seats of an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining service request data that includes a service selection and request characteristics. The method includes obtaining data describing an initial seat configuration for each of a plurality of seats of an autonomous vehicle assigned to the service request. The initial seat configuration can include a seat position and a seat orientation for each of the plurality of seats. The method includes generating, based on the initial cabin configuration and the service request data, seat adjustment instructions configured to adjust the initial seat configuration of at least one of the seats. The method includes providing the seat adjustment instructions to the autonomous vehicle assigned to the service request.