Systems and methods for extending sensor and lighting coverage between vehicles
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShaurya Panthri
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Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the sensing and lighting coverage of a first vehicle using a second vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes determining at least one of a sensor coverage and a lighting coverage of a first vehicle and a second vehicle. The method further includes controlling the second vehicle to park in a position that maximizes the at least one of the sensor coverage and the lighting coverage between the first vehicle and the second vehicle while the first vehicle is stationary. Moreover, the method includes activating at least one of sensors and lighting mechanisms of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory in communication with the processor and having a control module, the control module having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determine at least one of a sensor coverage and a lighting coverage of a first vehicle and a second vehicle;
- control the second vehicle to park in a position that maximizes the at least one of the sensor coverage and the lighting coverage between the first vehicle and the second vehicle while the first vehicle is stationary;
- and
- activate at least one of sensors and lighting mechanisms of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine at least one of a sensor coverage and a lighting coverage of a first vehicle and a second vehicle;
- control the second vehicle to park in a position that maximizes the at least one of the sensor coverage and the lighting coverage between the first vehicle and the second vehicle while the first vehicle is stationary;
- and
- activate at least one of sensors and lighting mechanisms of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.
A method, comprising:
- determining at least one of a sensor coverage and a lighting coverage of a first vehicle and a second vehicle;
- controlling the second vehicle to park in a position that maximizes the at least one of the sensor coverage and the lighting coverage between the first vehicle and the second vehicle while the first vehicle is stationary;
- and
- activating at least one of sensors and lighting mechanisms of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.