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Autonomous unmanned vehicles for responding to situations

US11567508B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Andrew Larson · Hillsboro, US
Subhas Balappanavar · Portland, US
Daniel Pohl · Aken, DE
Koba Natroshvili · Waldbronn, DE
Cornelius Buerkle · Karlsruhe, DE
Ellann Cohen · Hillsboro, US
Andreas Herden · Malsch, DE
Ralph V. Miele · Hillsboro, US
David Pidwerbecki · Corvallis, US
Roman Schick · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
Henning Schroeder · Karlsruhe, DE
Mark E. Sprenger · Tigard, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64U2201/20
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Autonomous unmanned vehicles (UVs) for responding to situations are described. Embodiments include UVs that launch upon detection of a situation, operate in the area of the situation, and collect and send information about the situation. The UVs may launch from a vehicle involved in the situation, a vehicle responding to the situation, or from a fixed station. In other embodiments, the UVs also provide communications relays to the situation and may facilitate access to the situation by responders. The UVs further may act as decoupled sensors for vehicles. In still other embodiments, the collected information may be used to recreate the situation as it happened.

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