Automatically requesting vehicles
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering a passenger to a destination autonomously. The vehicle includes one or more computing devices that receive a request for a vehicle from a client computing device. The request identifies a first location. The one or more computing devices also determine whether the first location is within a threshold outside of a service area of the vehicle. When the location is within the threshold distance outside of the service area of the vehicle, the one or more computing devices identify a second location within the service area of the vehicle where the vehicle is able to stop for a passenger and based on the first location. The one or more computing devices then provide a map and a marker identifying the position of the second location on the map for display on the client computing device.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, user input related to calendar entries in an appointment calendar for a user;
determining, by the one or more processors, a distance between locations of two meetings associated with the calendar entries; and
automatically sending, by the one or more processors, a request for a vehicle to pick up the user to one or more vehicle dispatching server computing devices when the distance between the locations exceeds a distance that the user can walk in an allotted time.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input includes information indicating that the user has enabled a user setting to indicate that the user would like to automatically request a vehicle.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the request is sent further based on a time of the two meetings associated with the calendar entries.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the request is sent at a predetermined time.
5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the calendar entries include the locations, and the request for a vehicle identifies the locations.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, in response to the request, a street level image corresponding to a location of one of the meetings; and
displaying on a display the street level image.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
receiving, in response to the request, map information corresponding to the location of one of the meetings; and
displaying, on a display of a client computing device, the map information with the street level image.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising displaying a marker identifying an area around a first location corresponding to a likely location that the vehicle will stop for a user.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving user input indicating that the user has moved the marker to a different position on the map information;
sending, to the one or more dispatching server computing devices, a notification of the different position; and
in response to sending the notification, receiving information identifying a second location for picking up the user.
10. A communication system, comprising:
a network;
a vehicle dispatching server computing device; and
a client computing device configured to:
receive user input related to calendar entries in an appointment calendar for a user,
determine a distance between locations of two meetings associated with the calendar entries, and
automatically send a request for a vehicle to pick up the user to the vehicle dispatching server computing device via the network when the distance between the locations exceeds a distance that the user can walk in an allotted time.
11. The communication system of claim 10 , wherein the user input includes information indicating that the user has enabled a user setting to indicate that the user would like to automatically request a vehicle.
12. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the request is sent further based on a time of the two meetings associated with the calendar entries.
13. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the request is sent at a predetermined time.
14. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the calendar entries include the locations, and the request for a vehicle identifies the locations.
15. The communication system of claim 14 , wherein in response to the request, the client computing device receives a street level image corresponding to a location of one of the meetings, and the street level image is displayed on a display of the client computing device.
16. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which instructions are stored, the instructions when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
receiving, by the one or more processors, user input related to calendar entries in an appointment calendar for a user;
determining, by the one or more processors, a distance between locations of two meetings associated with the calendar entries; and
automatically sending, by the one or more processors, a request for a vehicle to pick up the user to one or more vehicle dispatching server computing devices when the distance between the locations exceeds a distance that the user can walk in an allotted time.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, in response to the request, a street level image corresponding to a location of one of the meetings; and
displaying on a display the street level image.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, in response to the request, map information corresponding to the location of one of the meetings; and
displaying, on a display of a client computing device, the map information with the street level image.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , further comprising displaying a marker identifying an area around a first location corresponding to a likely location that the vehicle will stop for a user.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , further comprising:
receiving user input indicating that the user has moved the marker to a different position on the map information;
sending, to the one or more dispatching server computing devices, a notification of the different position; and
in response to sending the notification, receiving information identifying a second location for picking up the user.