Systems and methods for extending detachable automobile sensor capabilities for environmental mapping

A method comprising:

• acquiring sensor data from a vehicle-equipped detachable sensor of an environment around a non-automotive entity when the vehicle-equipped detachable sensor is mounted to the non-automotive entity, the vehicle-equipped detachable sensor capable of detecting an object within a portion of an environment around an automotive vehicle and configured to communicate with a computing device, the vehicle-equipped detachable sensor structured to be detached from the automotive vehicle and mounted to the non-automotive entity;
• receiving a mapping request from the computing device;
• and
• in response to the mapping request, building a map, from the acquired sensor data, of an area traveled by the non-automotive entity.

A tracking system comprising:

• a vehicle-equipped detachable sensor capable of detecting an object within a portion of an environment around an automotive vehicle and configured to communicate with a computing device, the vehicle-equipped detachable sensor structured to be detached from the automotive vehicle and mounted to a non-automotive entity;
• one or more processors;
• a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
• a monitoring module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to acquire sensor data from the vehicle-equipped detachable sensor of an environment around the non-automotive entity when the vehicle-equipped detachable sensor is mounted to the non-automotive entity;
• and
• a tracking module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to determine tracking information about the non-automotive entity based at least in part on the acquired sensor data.