US 12,168,460 B2
Shared vehicle service providing method performed by server communicating with user device of passenger and autonomous vehicle
Jun Hwan Jang, Seongnam-si (KR); and Hyo Jung Jang, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to SOS LAB Co., Ltd., Gwangju (KR)
Filed by SOS Lab Co., Ltd., Gwangju (KR)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,775.
Application 18/472,775 is a continuation of application No. 17/341,992, filed on Jun. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,803,932.
Application 17/341,992 is a continuation of application No. 17/036,402, filed on Sep. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,062,416, issued on Jul. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0025274 (KR), filed on Feb. 28, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0025275 (KR), filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0013334 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 30/016 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/133 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 60/00256 (2020.02) [B60W 60/00253 (2020.02); G01C 21/343 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 1/133 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); G06Q 30/016 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing a shared vehicle service performed by a server communicating with a user device of a passenger and a plurality of autonomous vehicles, comprising:
storing a plurality of locations configured to store an article of the passenger;
obtaining a plurality of autonomous vehicle locations based on an autonomous vehicle location received from each of the plurality of autonomous vehicles;
receiving, from a first user device, a first call message including a request to transport a first passenger and a first article of the first passenger to different locations,
wherein the first call message includes a pickup location, a drop-off location and a storage location,
wherein the pickup location indicates a location where the first passenger and the first article board,
wherein the drop-off location indicates a location where only the first passenger drops off,
wherein the storage location indicates a location where only the first article is unloaded,
wherein the pickup location and the drop-off location are determined regardless of the plurality of locations, and
wherein the storage location is determined as one of the plurality of locations;
selecting a first autonomous vehicle to be dispatched to the first passenger based on the pickup location and the plurality of autonomous vehicle locations;
dispatching the first autonomous vehicle to sequentially drive to the pickup location, the drop-off location and the storage location;
in response to receiving a second call message comprising a request to reclaim the first article of the first passenger, selecting a second autonomous vehicle to be dispatched to the first passenger based on the storage location and the plurality of autonomous vehicle locations, wherein the second call message further comprises a reclaim location;
dispatching the second autonomous vehicle to carry the first article to the reclaim location; and
transmitting a notification message to the first user device, wherein the notification message comprises a reclaim fee of the first article calculated based on the reclaim location and the storage location.