US Patent Issued on July 22 for "Autonomous driving under user instructions and hailing methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,774, issued on July 22.

"Autonomous driving under user instructions and hailing methods" was invented by Chian Chiu Li (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method for utilizing and controlling an autonomous vehicle, hailing a vehicle, and delivery vehicles. In an aspect, methods are arranged for navigation and operation of autonomous vehicles. In another aspect, a one-tap hailing process is configured, wherein destination info is not required. In another aspect, when a user hails a vehicle from a location not suitable for pickup, the user is informed to go to a nearby place within a time period. In another aspec...