Responding to autonomous vehicle error states
US11354949B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/34
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for dispatching autonomous vehicles. A service arrangement system may receive error data describing an error state at a first autonomous vehicle executing a first transportation service. The first transportation service may include moving a payload from a transportation service start point to a transportation service end point. The service arrangement system may determine, using the error data, a first property of the first autonomous vehicle associated with the error state and select a second autonomous vehicle that does not have the first property. The service arrangement system may send to the second autonomous vehicle a transportation service request requesting that the second autonomous vehicle travel to a rendezvous location to meet the first autonomous vehicle and transport the payload from the rendezvous location to the transportation service end point.
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