Mobile robots enabled wind flow pattern analysis through wavelets
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAaron K. Baughman, Shikhar Kwatra, Jennifer L. Szkatulski, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for navigating an autonomous vehicle is provided. The present invention may include measuring, in real time, movement patterns of air in the surroundings of the autonomous vehicle; analyzing the movement patterns to identify wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage in the surroundings; and navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the identified wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage.
Claims17
A processor-implemented method for navigating an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
- measuring, in real time, movement patterns of air in the surroundings of the autonomous vehicle;
- analyzing the movement patterns to identify wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage in the surroundings;
- navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the identified wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage;
- and
- responsive to identifying that a fitness of the autonomous vehicle exceeds a threshold value, navigating one or more additional autonomous vehicles towards the autonomous vehicle.
A computer system for navigating an autonomous vehicle, the computer system comprising:
- one or more sensors, one or more autonomous vehicles, one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
- measuring, in real time, movement patterns of air in the surroundings of the autonomous vehicle;
- analyzing the movement patterns to identify wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage in the surroundings;
- navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the identified wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage;
- and
- responsive to identifying that a fitness of the autonomous vehicle exceeds a threshold value, navigating one or more additional autonomous vehicles towards the autonomous vehicle.
A computer program product for navigating an autonomous vehicle, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- measuring, in real time, movement patterns of air in the surroundings of the autonomous vehicle;
- analyzing the movement patterns to identify wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage in the surroundings;
- navigating the autonomous vehicle based on the identified wind flow patterns, terrain, and passage;
- and
- responsive to identifying that a fitness of the autonomous vehicle exceeds a threshold value, navigating one or more additional autonomous vehicles towards the autonomous vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.