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US 11,637,860 B2Granted
Autonomous vehicle DoS resistant communication system using acoustic communications
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorJoseph Soryal
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Abstract
A method includes determining, by a vehicle, a failure with a computer or telecommunications system operating in the vehicle and when a failure is detected, activating an acoustic system on the vehicle, detecting a vibration by the vehicle; and transmitting an audible signal responsive to the detecting step. The audible signal may include words in a human vocabulary.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a first vehicle, whether telecommunications are disrupted;
- responsive to the determining the telecommunications are disrupted:
- activating, by the first vehicle, an acoustic system;
- detecting, by the first vehicle, a vibration;
- and
- transmitting, by the first vehicle, an audible signal responsive to the detecting the vibration, wherein the audible signal is received by a second vehicle, and wherein the second vehicle stores a notification relating to the first vehicle based on the audible signal.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first vehicle, an audible signal from a second vehicle;
- capturing, by the first vehicle, an image of the second vehicle;
- creating, by the first vehicle, a notification message relating to the second vehicle;
- determining, by the first vehicle, whether telecommunications are disrupted;
- responsive to determining that telecommunications are disrupted, storing, by the first vehicle, the notification message relating to the second vehicle;
- and
- responsive to determining that telecommunications are not disrupted, transmitting, by the first vehicle, the notification message relating to the second vehicle via a telecommunications system.
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A system comprising:
- a connected vehicle having a plurality of sensors and a telecommunications system interface;
- a diagnostic tool configured to determine a status of the sensors and the telecommunications system interface;
- an acoustic system having vibration sensors configured to receive vibrations generated external to the vehicle;
- and
- a speaker configured to transmit audible signals in response to the received vibrations when the diagnostic tool indicates a failure of one of the plurality of sensors or the telecommunications system interface, wherein the audible signal is received by a second vehicle, and wherein the second vehicle stores a notification relating to the connected vehicle based on the audible signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.