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
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, by a computing system, a status and a position of a vehicle;
- determining, by the computing system, a selected target location relative to the position of the vehicle;
- instructing, by the computing system, an unmanned vehicle associated with the vehicle to move to the selected target location;
- and
- causing, by the computing system, the unmanned vehicle to provide a warning detectable to other vehicles.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- determining a status and a position of a vehicle;
- determining a selected target location relative to the position of the vehicle;
- instructing an unmanned vehicle associated with the vehicle to move to the selected target location;
- and
- causing the unmanned vehicle to provide a warning detectable to other vehicles.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
- determining a status and a position of a vehicle;
- determining a selected target location relative to the position of the vehicle;
- instructing an unmanned vehicle associated with the vehicle to move to the selected target location;
- and
- causing the unmanned vehicle to provide a warning detectable to other vehicles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.