Vehicle route planning
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLuke Niewiadomski, Erick Michael Lavoie, Roger Arnold Trombley
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Abstract
A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a route based on at least one of (a) an amount of snow accumulation, and (b) a predicted amount of remediation material, for each of a plurality of road segments, actuate a vehicle to follow the route, and actuate at least one of a snow plow and a material spreader on the vehicle.
Claims15
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine a route based on at least one of (a) an amount of snow accumulation, and (b) a predicted amount of remediation material, for each of a plurality of road segments;
- actuate a vehicle to follow the route;
- actuate at least one of a snow plow and a material spreader on the vehicle;
- and
- determine a snow accumulation threshold based on a predicted number of emergency vehicles on each road segment and to determine the route to include at least one road segment having an amount of snow accumulation exceeding the snow accumulation threshold.
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine a route based on at least one of (a) an amount of snow accumulation, and (b) a predicted amount of remediation material, for each of a plurality of road segments;
- actuate a vehicle to follow the route;
- actuate at least one of a snow plow and a material spreader on the vehicle;
- determine a clearing priority value for each road segment based on at least one of the amount of snow accumulation and the predicted amount of material for each of a plurality of road segments;
- and
- determine the route to include the road segment with the highest clearing priority value, the clearing priority value of one of the road segments being a measure of a priority to clear the road segment.
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine a route based on at least one of (a) an amount of snow accumulation, and (b) a predicted amount of remediation material, for each of a plurality of road segments;
- actuate a vehicle to follow the route;
- actuate at least one of a snow plow and a material spreader on the vehicle;
- and
- determine a snow accumulation threshold based on a predicted number of vehicles on each road segment and to determine the route to include at least one road segment having an amount of snow accumulation exceeding the snow accumulation threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.