Methods and apparatus for safety support with unmanned vehicles
AssigneePlusAI, Inc.
InventorAnkur Agarwal
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Abstract
In some embodiments, an apparatus, comprises an unmanned vehicle configured to be disposed with a vehicle and a processor operatively coupled to the unmanned vehicle. The processor is configured to receive a first signal indicating a stop of the vehicle without a user request and a second signal indicating a location of the vehicle. The processor is configured to determine, based on the location of the vehicle, a target location in a pre-defined area surrounding the vehicle. The processor is configured to send a third signal to the unmanned vehicle to instruct the unmanned vehicle to move to the target location to alert other vehicles via a warning regarding occurrence of the stop.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- an unmanned vehicle configured to be disposed with a vehicle;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the unmanned vehicle;
- the processor configured to receive a first signal indicating a stop of the vehicle without a user request and a second signal indicating a location of the vehicle,
- the processor configured to determine, based on the location of the vehicle, a target location in a pre-defined area surrounding the vehicle,
- the processor configured to send a third signal to the unmanned vehicle to instruct the unmanned vehicle to move to the target location to alert other vehicles via a warning regarding occurrence of the stop.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, a first signal indicating (1) a stop of a vehicle, (2) a location of the vehicle, and (3) geography data of a pre-defined area surrounding the vehicle;
- determining, by the processor and based on the first signal, a set of target locations near the vehicle;
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- sending, from the processor, a second signal to an unmanned vehicle to instruct the unmanned vehicle to move to each target location from the set of target locations to dispatch each warning sign from a set of warning signs to alert other vehicles regarding occurrence of the stop.
A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising instructions to cause the processor to:
- receive, at the processor, a first signal indicating (1) a stop of a vehicle, (2) a location of the vehicle, and (3) geography data of a pre-defined area surrounding the vehicle;
- determine, based on the first signal, a first target location and a second target location in a pre-defined area surrounding the vehicle;
- send a second signal to a first unmanned vehicle to instruct the first unmanned vehicle to move to the first target location to dispatch a first warning sign to alert other vehicles regarding occurrence of the stop;
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- send a third signal to a second unmanned vehicle to instruct the second unmanned vehicle to move to the second target location to dispatch a second warning sign to alert the other vehicles regarding the occurrence of the stop, the second unmanned vehicle being different from the first unmanned vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.