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US 11,385,648 B2Granted
Inclement weather condition avoidance
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDaniel Pohl, Maik Sven Fox, Cagri Tanriover
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Abstract
A vehicle relocator may include one or more processors, which are configured to receive first sensor data representing a current or predicted weather condition; receive second sensor data representing at least position or a vicinity of a vehicle; determine from at least the first sensor data and the second sensor data a risk of damage to the vehicle; and if the determined risk is outside of a target range, send an instruction for the vehicle to travel to an alternate location.
Claims21
A vehicle relocator comprising:
- one or more processors, configured to:
- receive a first electrical signal from a first sensor, wherein the first electrical signal represents first sensor data corresponding to a current or predicted weather condition;
- receive a second electrical signal from a second sensor, wherein the second electrical signal represents second sensor data corresponding to at least a position or a vicinity of a parked autonomous vehicle;
- determine from at least the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal a risk of damage to the parked autonomous vehicle at the position or vicinity of the parked autonomous vehicle due to the current or predicted weather condition;
- and
- if the determined risk is outside of a target range, send an electrical signal representing an instruction for the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel to an alternate location;
- wherein the one or more processors determining the risk of damage to the parked autonomous vehicle at the position or vicinity of the parked autonomous vehicle due to the current or predicted weather condition and instructing the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel to the alternate location allows the vehicle relocater to control the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel from an area of greater risk of damage due to the current or predicted weather to an area of lesser risk of damage due to the current or predicted weather.
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A method of vehicle relocation comprising:
- receiving a first electrical signal from a first sensor, wherein the first electrical signal represents first sensor data corresponding to a current or predicted weather condition;
- receiving a second electrical signal from a second sensor, wherein the second electrical signal represents second sensor data corresponding to at least position or a vicinity of a parked autonomous vehicle;
- determining from at least the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal a risk of damage to the parked autonomous vehicle;
- and
- if the determined risk is outside of a target range, sending an electrical signal representing an instruction for the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel to an alternate location;
- wherein the determining the risk of damage to the parked autonomous vehicle at the position or vicinity of the parked autonomous vehicle due to the current or predicted weather condition and the sending the electrical signal representing the instruction for the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel to the alternate location allows the vehicle relocater to control the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel from an area of greater risk of damage due to the current or predicted weather to an area of lesser risk of damage due to the current or predicted weather.
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One or more non-transitory computer readable media configured to cause one or more processors, when executed, to perform the method of:
- receiving a first electrical signal from a first sensor, wherein the first electrical signal represents first sensor data corresponding to a current or predicted weather condition;
- receiving a second electrical signal from a second sensor, wherein the second electrical signal represents second sensor data corresponding to at least position or a vicinity of a parked autonomous vehicle;
- determining from at least the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal a risk of damage to the parked autonomous vehicle;
- and
- if the determined risk is outside of a target range, sending an electrical signal representing an instruction for the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel to an alternate location;
- wherein the determining the risk of damage to the parked autonomous vehicle at the position or vicinity of the parked autonomous vehicle due to the current or predicted weather condition and the sending the electrical signal representing the instruction for the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel to the alternate location allows the vehicle relocater to control the parked autonomous vehicle to autonomously travel from an area of greater risk of damage due to the current or predicted weather to an area of lesser risk of damage due to the current or predicted weather.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.