System and Method for Automated and Secure Autonomous Vehicle Service Pick-Up

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving, with at least one processor, from a user device associated with a user account of a user for an autonomous vehicle service, a pick-up request associated with the user account of the user;

assigning, with the at least one processor, an autonomous vehicle to pick-up the user; and

providing, with the at least one processor, to the autonomous vehicle assigned to pick-up the user, based on a response to a request to use biometric identification to unlock autonomous vehicles assigned to pick-up the user stored in association with the user account of the user, an indication of whether biometric identification is to be used to unlock the autonomous vehicle when picking-up the user.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a pair of keys including an encryption key for generating encrypted biometric information associated with the user and a decryption key for decrypting the encrypted biometric information associated with the user is generated by the user device.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the pair of keys is generated by the user device during a registration of the user account of the user for the autonomous vehicle service before receiving, with the at least one processor, from the user device, the pick-up request.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the pair of keys is generated by the user device based on providing, to the at least one processor, the pick-up request associated with the user account of the user.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key is provided by the user device to the autonomous vehicle assigned to pick-up the user in response to the user device receiving a request for the decryption key from the autonomous vehicle.

6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

obtaining, with the at least one processor, from the user device associated with the user account of the user, one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key;

storing, with the at least one processor, in association with the user account of the user, the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key; and

providing, with the at least one processor, to the autonomous vehicle assigned to pick-up the user, the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key is obtained by the at least one processor during a registration of the user account of the user for the autonomous vehicle service before receiving, from the user device associated with the user account of the user for the autonomous vehicle service, the pick-up request associated with the user account of the user.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key continues to be stored in association with the user account of the user after the user is picked-up by the autonomous vehicle.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key is obtained by the at least one processor based on receiving, from the user device associated with the user account of the user for the autonomous vehicle service, the pick-up request associated with the user account of the user.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

in response to providing, to the autonomous vehicle assigned to pick-up the user, the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key, automatically deleting, with the at least one processor, the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key stored in association with the user account of the user.

11 . A system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive, from a user device associated with a user account of a user for an autonomous vehicle service, a pick-up request associated with the user account of the user;

assign, an autonomous vehicle to pick-up the user; and

provide, to the autonomous vehicle assigned to pick-up the user, based on a response to a request to use biometric identification to unlock autonomous vehicles assigned to pick-up the user stored in association with the user account of the user, an indication of whether biometric identification is to be used to unlock the autonomous vehicle when picking-up the user.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein a pair of keys including an encryption key for generating encrypted biometric information associated with the user and a decryption key for decrypting the encrypted biometric information associated with the user is generated by the user device.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the pair of keys is generated by the user device during a registration of the user account of the user for the autonomous vehicle service before the at least one processor receives the pick-up request from the user device.

14 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the pair of keys is generated by the user device based on providing, to the at least one processor, the pick-up request associated with the user account of the user.

15 . The system of claim 12 , wherein one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key is provided by the user device to the autonomous vehicle assigned to pick-up the user in response to the user device receiving a request for the decryption key from the autonomous vehicle.

16 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain, from the user device associated with the user account of the user, one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key;

store, in association with the user account of the user, the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key; and

provide, to the autonomous vehicle assigned to pick-up the user, the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key is obtained by the at least one processor during a registration of the user account of the user for the autonomous vehicle service before receiving, from the user device associated with the user account of the user for the autonomous vehicle service, the pick-up request associated with the user account of the user.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key continues to be stored in association with the user account of the user after the user is picked-up by the autonomous vehicle.

19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key is obtained by the at least one processor based on receiving, from the user device associated with the user account of the user for the autonomous vehicle service, the pick-up request associated with the user account of the user.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

in response to providing, to the autonomous vehicle assigned to pick-up the user, the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key, automatically delete the one of (i) the encrypted biometric information associated with the user and (ii) the decryption key stored in association with the user account of the user.