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US 11,688,278 B1Granted
Traffic drone system
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsRichard Daniel Graham, Bradly Jay Billman
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Abstract
Unmanned vehicles can be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may be used to direct vehicle traffic in response to a vehicular accident. For example, an unmanned vehicle may analyze information about the accident scene and based on the information direct traffic near the accident scene.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by an unmanned vehicle, instructions to deploy to a location of an accident;
- receiving, by the unmanned vehicle at the location of the accident, data from one or more vehicles;
- and
- providing, by the unmanned vehicle and based at least on the data, traffic directions.
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A system comprising:
- an unmanned vehicle configured to:
- receive instructions to deploy to a location of an accident;
- receive data from one or more vehicles;
- and
- provide, based at least on the data, instructions for directing traffic;
- and
- a traffic control device at the location of the accident of the vehicle and configured to receive, from the unmanned vehicle, the instructions for directing traffic.
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An unmanned vehicle comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the unmanned vehicle to:
- receive instructions to deploy to a location of an accident;
- receive, at the location of the accident, data from one or more vehicles;
- and
- provide, based at least on the data, traffic directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.