ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,548, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Holistic and inclusive wayfinding" was invented by Kevin Malta (San Francisco), Maria Moon (Mountain View, Calif.), Lauren Schwendimann (Burlingame, Calif.), Bruce Mai (Sacramento, Calif.) and Jonathan Willing (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology employs a holistic approach to passenger pickups and other wayfinding situations. This includes identifying where passengers are relative to the vehicle and/or the pickup location. One aspect leverages camera imagery from a rider's client device when providing rider support. This ena...